Emotional stress in pregnancy predicts human infant reactivity

• Published in: Early human development Vol. 82; no. 11; pp. 731 - 737
• Main Authors: Möhler, Eva, Parzer, Peter, Brunner, Romuald, Wiebel, Angelika, Resch, Franz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2006; New York,NY Elsevier; Amsterdam
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Embryology: invertebrates and vertebrates. Teratology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Infant; Infant Behavior - psychology; Infant development; Infant reactivity; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mothers - psychology; Pregnancy; Prenatal stress; Stress, Psychological; Temperament; Infant reactivity; Infant development; Temperament; Prenatal stress; Pregnancy; Human; Prenatal; Development; Infant; Stress

Infant distress to novelty at 4 months of life has previously been identified as an important predictor of longer term emotional development in childhood and adolescence. To investigate the relationship between prenatal stress and infant reactivity to unfamiliar visual, auditory and olfactory stimul...