怀孕期间和之后的母亲社会支持和儿童的认知能力:在两个队伍中检查时机效应
Anna Lähdepuro1,2, Katri Räikkönen1,3, Hung Pham2
1Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Psychological medicine
|December 13, 2023
概括
怀孕期间母亲的社会支持显著提高了孩子的认知发展. 这强调了怀孕是社会支持干预措施提高儿童认知能力的关键时期.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 孕产妇健康 孕产妇健康
- 儿童认知发展 儿童认知发展
背景情况:
- 母亲心理健康问题会对儿童发展产生负面影响.
- 积极的母亲经历,如社会支持,在儿童认知方面研究较少.
- 母亲社会支持对儿童认知发育的影响时机尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究母亲感知到的社会支持与儿童认知能力之间的关联.
- 探索怀孕期间和怀孕后社会支持对儿童认知的时间效应.
- 分析来自两个大型前纵向队列 (ALSPAC和PREDO) 的数据.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自阿文长度研究父母和儿童 (ALSPAC) 和预测和预防孕前和子宫内生长限制研究 (PREDO) 的数据.
- 在8岁时使用儿童韦克斯勒智力表 (WISC) 评估儿童的一般认知能力.
- 采用贝叶斯的相关生命周期建模来分析母亲社会支持的时间效应.
主要成果:
- 怀孕期间母亲感知到的更高的社会支持与儿童更高的WISC分数相关.
- 这种关联仍然显著,独立于社会人口统计学因素和母亲心理健康症状.
- 怀孕被确定为一个敏感的时期,在此期间的社会支持比怀孕后的支持有更强大的影响.
结论:
- 怀孕期间母亲感知到的社会支持在孩子的认知发育中起着独特的作用.
- 在怀孕期间增加社会支持的干预措施可能会促进儿童的认知结果.
- 来自两个队伍的研究结果强调了母亲对儿童福祉的社会支持的重要性.
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