Maternal Adjustment and Infant Outcome in Medically Defined High-Risk Pregnancy

Biological and psychosocial risk factors in high-risk pregnancy and their relation to infant developmental outcomes were explored in a sample of 153 pregnant Israeli women who had pregestational diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus, or were nondiabetic. Questionnaires on coping and resou...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 2002-01, Vol.38 (1), p.93-103
Main Authors: Levy-Shiff, Rachel, Lerman, Maya, Har-Even, Dov, Hod, Moshe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
At Risk Persons
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Child Development
Child psychology
Comparative Analysis
Coping
Coping Behavior
Developmental psychology
Diabetes
Distress
Emotional Adjustment
Female
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health
Human
Humans
Infancy
Infant Behavior
Infant Development
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Israel
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Newborn. Infant
Obstetrical Complications
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - psychology
Pregnancy in Diabetics - psychology
Pregnancy Outcome
Pregnant women
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Risk
Risk assessment
Risk Factors
Social Adjustment
Special Health Problems
Well Being
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Summary:Biological and psychosocial risk factors in high-risk pregnancy and their relation to infant developmental outcomes were explored in a sample of 153 pregnant Israeli women who had pregestational diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus, or were nondiabetic. Questionnaires on coping and resources as well as well-being and distress during the 2nd trimester were administered. Estimates of maternal fuels (HbAlc and fructosamine) were obtained throughout pregnancy. At 1 year, offspring were administered the Bayley Scales of Infant Development and mother-infant interactions were observed. Infants of mothers in the diabetic groups scored lower on the Bayley Scales and revealed fewer positive and more negative behaviors than did infants of mothers in the nondiabetic group. Infant outcomes in the maternal diabetic groups were associated with maternal metabolism. Maternal coping and resources differed in the 3 groups and differentially predicted infant development.
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.38.1.93