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. 2016 Jan-Feb;87(1):211-20.
doi: 10.1111/cdev.12449. Epub 2015 Oct 14.

The Impact of Maternal Gestational Stress on Motor Development in Late Childhood and Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study

Tegan Grace  1 , Max Bulsara  2 , Monique Robinson  3 , Beth Hands  2
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The Impact of Maternal Gestational Stress on Motor Development in Late Childhood and Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study

Tegan Grace et al. Child Dev. 2016 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

The number and timing of stressors experienced during pregnancy were investigated using longitudinal data from the Western Australian Pregnancy (Raine) Study cohort (N = 2,900). Motor development data were collected at 10 (n = 1,622), 14 (n = 1,584), and 17 (n = 1,222) years using the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development. Linear mixed models were used to examine the effect of stress on motor development, accounting for repeated measures. Number of stressful events and mean Neuromuscular Development Index were negatively related (β = -1.197, p = .001). Stressful events experienced in late pregnancy were negatively related with offspring motor development (β = -0.0541, p = .050), while earlier stressful events had no significant impact.

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