scholarly journals Effects of Prenatal Stress on Structural Brain Development and Aging in Humans

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Franke ◽  
Bea van den Bergh ◽  
Susanne R. de Rooij ◽  
Tessa J. Roseboom ◽  
Peter W. Nathanielsz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Studies ◽  
Brain Aging ◽  
Brain Diseases ◽  
Brain Disorders ◽  
Healthy Mother ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Development And Aging ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
Structural Brain

AbstractHealthy brain aging is a major determinant of quality of life, allowing integration into society at all ages. Human epidemiological and animal studies indicate that in addition to lifestyle and genetic factors, environmental influences in prenatal life have a major impact on brain aging and age-associated brain disorders. The aim of this review is to summarize the existing literature on the consequences of maternal anxiety, stress, and malnutrition for structural brain aging and predisposition for age-associated brain diseases, focusing on studies with human samples. In conclusion, the results underscore the importance of a healthy mother-child relationship, starting in pregnancy, and the need for early interventions if this relationship is compromised.

Influences on Sibling Relations in Families with Married and Divorced Parents

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-477
Author(s):  
CAROL E. MacKINNON
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Sibling Relations ◽  
Family Form ◽  
Sibling Interaction ◽  
Sibling Interactions ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Two regression analyses were performed that tested the relationships between the amount of negative sibling interaction and the amount of positive sibling interaction and measures of relationship quality and family form. When measures of husband-wife, mother-child, and father-child relationship quality were controlled, marital status was not significantly related to either measure of sibling interactions. However, when the marital status of the parents (family form) was controlled, both the quality of husband-wife relationship and the quality of mother-child relationship were positively related to positive sibling interaction and negatively related to negative sibling interaction. Regardless of family form, the quality of other relationships in the family were important predictors of sibling interactions.

Gravidanza e diabete: una rassegna della letteratura

2009 ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Renata Tambelli ◽  
Manuela Errante
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Risk Pregnancy ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

- In this review are discussed the main researches about high-risk pregnancy and, particularly, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The results of these researches highlight that pregnant women with GDM are extremely vulnerable, anxious and worried. However there are not many clinical studies about the effect of GDM on the quality of mother-child relationship.

Mothers of Children with Asthma: Perceptions of Parenting Stress and the Mother-Child Relationship

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1139-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Carson ◽  
Roger W. Schauer
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Perceived Parenting ◽  
Asthmatic Children ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Behavioral Difficulty ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

In a study of 41 mothers of asthmatic children ranging from 8 to 13 years of age, perceived parenting stress was greater and the quality of the mother-child relationship more problematic than for a comparison group of mothers with healthy children. These mothers also perceived certain areas of behavioral difficulty in their asthmatic children that were greater than those of children in a comparative sample of mothers. The findings suggested that mothers and their asthmatic children may be at risk for a variety of individual and relational problems.

scholarly journals Effect of Emotional Closeness in Mother-Child Relationship on the Child’s Relationships with Peers at Preschool Age

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
M.V. Bulygina ◽  
E.L. Myachina
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Emotional Relationships ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Mother Child Relationships ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

The paper presents outcomes of an empirical study that aimed to explore the correlation between mother-child relationships and the child’s relationships with peers at preschool age. The hypothesis was that the character and degree of emotional closeness between the mother and the child affects the quality of the child’s interactions with peers. The study involved 166 subjects: 83 children aged 4—5 years from Moscow kindergartens and their mothers. As it was found, different types of emotional relationships between the mother and the child (distant, emotionally close, normal) are associated with certain features of peer interactions. Interacting with peers was most problematic in the children whose mothers are emotionally distant from them. Those children who were in very close emotional relationships with their mothers had much more conflicts with peers as well. The mothers in this group were also less adequate and more permissive when evaluating their child’s proneness to conflict.

scholarly journals Attachment and self-regulation performance in preadolescence

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 706-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joke Heylen ◽  
Rudi De Raedt ◽  
Frederick Verbruggen ◽  
Guy Bosmans
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Stop Signal Task ◽  
Maternal Support ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

In preadolescence, research has shown links between the quality of children’s attachment relationships and children’s perceived self-regulatory abilities. However, less research has focused on the association between attachment and preadolescents’ self-regulation performance. In a sample of 120 children, aged 9–13, we administered questionnaires to assess trust in maternal support and anxious and avoidant attachment. In addition, mothers reported about their children’s self-regulatory abilities, and children performed the Stop-Signal Task (SST). Consistent with predictions, correlation analyses revealed that a more insecure attachment relationship with mother was not only associated with less self-regulatory abilities as perceived by mother but also with preadolescents’ lower self-regulation performance in the SST. Adding demographic variables as covariates to the analyses did not significantly alter these effects. The current multi-method study contributes to an increasing awareness of the importance of the quality of the mother–child relationship for children’s self-regulation.

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