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Differential susceptibility effects of maternal sensitivity in childhood on small for gestational age adults’ wealth
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Nichols, Tobey, Jaekel, Julia, Bartmann, Peter and Wolke, Dieter (2020) Differential susceptibility effects of maternal sensitivity in childhood on small for gestational age adults’ wealth. Development and Psychopathology, 32 (1). pp. 197-203. doi:10.1017/S0954579418001669 ISSN 0954-5794.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418001669
Abstract
Being born small for gestational age (SGA) is considered a developmental vulnerability. Alternatively, SGA may be viewed as a marker for individual susceptibility to environmental experiences. The aim was to test if individuals born SGA are more susceptible to both negative and positive environmental experiences assessed by sensitive parenting in childhood compared with those born appropriate for gestational age (AGA). The target outcome was wealth in young adulthood. A total of 438 participants (SGA, n = 109; AGA, n = 329) were studied as part of the prospective Bavarian Longitudinal Study of neonatal at-risk children. Maternal sensitivity was observed during a standardized mother-child interaction task, and IQ was assessed with the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children at age 6 years. At age 26, participants’ wealth was assessed with a comprehensive composite score. Individuals born SGA were found to be more susceptible to the effects of sensitive parenting after controlling for gestational age and IQ at age 6 years. When maternal sensitivity was lower than average, SGA adults did worse than AGA adults, but when exposed to above-average maternal sensitivity in childhood, they obtained significantly higher wealth than their AGA peers by 26 years of age.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Birth weight, Low -- Economic aspects, Maternal and infant welfare | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Development and Psychopathology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0954-5794 | ||||||||
Official Date: | February 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 32 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 197-203 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0954579418001669 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been published in a revised form in Development and Psychopathology http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418001669. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2019 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 February 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2019 |
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