Open AccessPrenatal maternal stress, child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and the moderating role of parenting: findings from the Norwegian mother, father, and child cohort study
Author(s) -
Zahra M. Clayborne,
Wendy Nilsen,
Fartein Ask Torvik,
Kristin Gustavson,
Mona Bekkhus,
Stephen E. Gilman,
Golam M. Khandaker,
Deshayne B. Fell,
Ian Colman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.857
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1469-8978
pISSN - 0033-2917
DOI - 10.1017/s0033291721004311
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , norwegian , mental health , conduct disorder , clinical psychology , cohort , prenatal stress , depression (economics) , pregnancy , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , offspring , linguistics , philosophy , macroeconomics , biology , economics , genetics
Few studies have examined how parenting influences the associations between prenatal maternal stress and children's mental health. The objectives of this study were to examine the sex-specific associations between prenatal maternal stress and child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and to assess the moderating effects of parenting behaviors on these associations.