Perinatal stress moderates the link between early and later emotional skills in very preterm-born children: An 11-year-long longitudinal study

Dimitrova, Nevena; Turpin, Hélène; Borghini, Ayala Muriel; Morisod Harari, Mathilde; Urben, Sébastien; Muller Nix, Carole

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.04.015

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English

Perinatal stress moderates the link between early and later emotional skills in very preterm-born children: An 11-year-long longitudinal study

ContributorsDimitrova, Nevena; Turpin, Hélène; Borghini, Ayala Muriel; Morisod Harari, Mathilde; Urben, Sébastien; Muller Nix, Carole

Published inEarly Human Development, vol. 121, p. 8-14

Publication date2018

Abstract

Very preterm (VPT) birth refers to an early stressful event putting children at heightened risk for emotional difficulties. However, there is an important individual variability, leaving unexplained why some VPT children do not develop emotional difficulties, while others develop such difficulties in the early years or later in life. In this study, we examined whether perinatal stress is a risk factor explaining heterogeneities in emotional problems in VPT children.

Keywords

Prematurity
Emotional problems
Perinatal stress
Risk factor
Longitudinal design

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Not a UNIGE publication

Research groups

NCCR Synapsy

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - 49712; 32-49712.96
Swiss National Science Foundation - 51AU40_125759

Citation (ISO format)

DIMITROVA, Nevena et al. Perinatal stress moderates the link between early and later emotional skills in very preterm-born children: An 11-year-long longitudinal study. In: Early Human Development, 2018, vol. 121, p. 8–14. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.04.015