DiPietro Janet A, Novak Matthew F S X, Costigan Kathleen A, Atella Lara D, Reusing Sarah P
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Child Dev. 2006 May-Jun;77(3):573-87. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00891.x.
Concern exists that a constellation of negative maternal emotions during pregnancy generates persistent negative consequences for child development. Maternal reports of anxiety, pregnancy-specific and nonspecific stress, and depressive symptoms were collected during mid-pregnancy and at 6 weeks and 24 months after birth in a sample of healthy women with low risk pregnancies. Developmental assessment and cardiac vagal tone monitoring were administered to 94 children at age 2. Higher levels of prenatal anxiety, nonspecific stress, and depressive symptoms were associated with more advanced motor development in children after postnatal control for each psychological measure; anxiety and depression were also significantly and positively associated with mental development. Mild to moderate levels of psychological distress may enhance fetal maturation in healthy populations.
有人担心，孕期一系列负面的母亲情绪会对儿童发育产生持续的负面影响。在低风险妊娠的健康女性样本中，在孕中期、产后6周和24个月时收集了母亲关于焦虑、特定于妊娠和非特定的压力以及抑郁症状的报告。对94名2岁儿童进行了发育评估和心脏迷走神经张力监测。在对每种心理测量进行产后控制后，较高水平的产前焦虑、非特定压力和抑郁症状与儿童更先进的运动发育相关；焦虑和抑郁也与智力发育显著正相关。轻度至中度的心理困扰可能会促进健康人群的胎儿成熟。
