The roles of familial transmission and smoking during pregnancy on executive function skills : A sibling-comparison study

This research examines maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk for poorer executive function in siblings discordant for exposure. Data (N = 173 families) were drawn from the Missouri Mothers and Their Children study, a sample, identified using birth records (years 1998-2005), in which mothers changed smoking behavior between two pregnancies (Child 1 [older sibling]: M age = 12.99; Child 2 [younger sibling]: M age = 10.19). A sibling comparison approach was used, providing a robust test for the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and different aspects of executive function in early-mid adolescence. Results suggested within-family (i.e., potentially causal) associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and one working memory task (visual working memory) and one response inhibition task (color-word interference), with increased exposure associated with decreased performance. Maternal smoking during pregnancy was not associated with stop-signal reaction time, cognitive flexibility/set-shifting, or auditory working memory. Initial within-family associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and visual working memory as well as color-word interference were fully attenuated in a model including child and familial covariates. These findings indicate that exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy may be associated with poorer performance on some, but not all skills assessed; however, familial transmission of risk for low executive function appears more important.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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Development and psychopathology - (2022) vom: 30. Aug., Seite 1-13

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Knopik, Valerie S [VerfasserIn]
Micalizzi, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Marceau, Kristine [VerfasserIn]
Loviska, Amy M [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Bien, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Rolan, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Allison S [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, Rohan H C [VerfasserIn]
Heath, Andrew C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Executive function
Family studies
Journal Article
Smoking during pregnancy

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Date Revised 01.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1017/S095457942200075X

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345573730