Antenatal maternal anxiety is associated with problem behaviour at age five

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 565-570

  Loomans, E M ^a,b   Der Stelt, O van ^a   Van Eijsden, M ^b   Gemke, R J B J ^c   Vrijkotte, T ^d   den Bergh, B R H Van ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ABCD study; Antenatal; Anxiety; Child; Cross informant discrepancies; Mother; Preschool age; Problem behaviour; Sex; Teacher

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTENATAL MATERNAL ANXIETY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MOTHER; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960450244     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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