Direct and Passive Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and the Development of Externalizing Psychopathology

• Published in: Child psychiatry and human development Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 255 - 269
• Main Authors: Gatzke-Kopp, Lisa M, Beauchaine, Theodore P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.12.2007; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Aggression; Antisocial Behavior; At Risk Persons; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology; Attention deficit disorders. Hyperactivity; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavior Problems; Biological and medical sciences; Body Weight; Brain; Child; Child Behavior; Child clinical studies; Children; Conduct Disorder - diagnosis; Conduct Disorder - epidemiology; Conduct Disorder - psychology; Correlation; Female; Fetal exposure; Humans; Male; Maternal Behavior; Medical sciences; Mothers; Parent Influence; Parenting Styles; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Premature Infants; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - epidemiology; Prenatal Influences; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Smoking; Social behavior disorders; Tobacco Smoke Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Tobacco smoking; Tobacco, tobacco smoking; Toxicology; Human; ADHD; Aggression; Hyperactivity; Tobacco smoking; Conduct disorder; Second hand smoke; Exposure; Maternal diseases; Prenatal; Alkaloid; Attentional disorder; Risk factor; Attention disorder with hyperactivity; Social behavior disorder; Child; Nicotine; Maternal smoking

The association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood antisocial outcomes has been demonstrated repeatedly across a variety of outcomes. Yet debate continues as to whether this association reflects a direct programming effect of nicotine on fetal brain development, or a phenotypic...