Maternal perinatal mental health and offspring academic achievement at age 16: The mediating role of childhood executive function

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 491-501

  Pearson, Rebecca M ^a,b   Bornstein, Marc H ^c   Cordero, Miguel ^a   Scerif, Gaia ^b   Mahedy, Liam ^d   Evans, Jonathan ^a   Abioye, Abu ^b   Stein, Alan ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

academic achievement; ALSPAC; executive function; math; postnatal depression; prenatal anxiety

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84960532912     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12483     Document Type: Article

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