So, if the original name of the mother were used, a records search for the mother based upon the name found in the birth certificate wouldn't locate the mother's birth certificate or other vital statistics records (for example, the birth certificates of
maternal siblings of the child for whom the birth certificate is prepared).
Not exact matches
Researchers from Norway and Canada used data from The Norwegian Mother and
Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and The Medical Birth Registry
of Norway to measure the effect
of SSRIs and
maternal depression on birth weight and gestational length, using their
sibling design method to differentiate the study from previous studies looking into prenatal SSRI effects.
After adjusting for
maternal IQ and education, characteristics
of the home environment, school district, and number
of siblings, the
children who were exposed to greater than 5 parts arsenic per billion
of household well water (WAs ≥ 5 μg / L) showed reductions in Full Scale, Working Memory, Perceptual Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension scores, losses
of 5 - 6 points, considered a significant decline, that may translate to problems in school, according to Gail Wasserman, PhD, professor
of Medical Psychology in the Department
of Psychiatry at Columbia, and the study's first author.
These included characteristics on multiple levels
of the
child's biopsychosocial context: (1)
child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated
child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in
child care; (2) parent factors:
maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes
maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income),
maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed),
maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent),
maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use
of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number
of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement
of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.
Children / adolescents who failed to reduce overweight by more than a 5 % BMI - SDS reduction or dropped out of the intervention prematurely significantly differed from successful children / adolescents in age, presence of obese siblings, family adversity, and maternal dep
Children / adolescents who failed to reduce overweight by more than a 5 % BMI - SDS reduction or dropped out
of the intervention prematurely significantly differed from successful
children / adolescents in age, presence of obese siblings, family adversity, and maternal dep
children / adolescents in age, presence
of obese
siblings, family adversity, and
maternal depression.
Adjusted for the variables in model 2 plus
child's sex, birth weight and height, gestational age,
maternal smoking during pregnancy,
maternal education,
maternal age, prepregnancy height and body mass index, breastfeeding,
maternal smoking at
child's age 4 years, number
of siblings at
child's age 4 years, and
child's consumption
of sweetened beverages, sweets, and meat at age 4 years.
We used an imputed variable for household income provided by the FFCWS given the degree
of missing data (∼ 10 %).12 Supplementary models included birth weight,
maternal report
of the
child's health status, and the number
of siblings as covariates.
Factors that we studied that were not associated with any disciplinary type or response group in the analyses performed included
child manageability,
maternal depression, relationship
of the mother to the
child (biological or other caregiver), and the number
of siblings of the
child.
Results: Risk
of non-response (≤ 5 % reduction
of BMI - SDS or dropout) was elevated in older
children, cases with obese
sibling (s),
maternal depression, and avoidant attachment attitude.
Researchers have examined links between
maternal differential treatment
of siblings and
children's adjustment; however, little is known about the longitudinal nature
of these associations.
There were no significant differences between temperament groups for
child age,
maternal age, education, marital status, family income, number
of siblings or birth order (p >.05).
We aim to estimate the pathways between
maternal symptoms
of anxiety and depression and
child nocturnal awakenings via structural equation modeling using a
sibling design.