Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy in relation to child development at age two

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 573-587

  DiPietro, Janet A ^a   Novak, Matthew F S X ^b   Costigan, Kathleen A ^a   Atella, Lara D ^a   Reusing, Sarah P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646691507     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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