APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Ethnic and Cultural Differences in the Relation between Pregnancy Anxiety and Child Temperament
- Nicole Mahrer
University of California, Los Angeles - Isabel Ramos
University of California, Los Angeles - Christine Guardino
Dickinson College - Elysia Davis
University of Denver - Sharon Ramey
The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute - Madeleine Shalowitz
North Shore University Health System - Christine Dunkel Schetter
University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract
The current study examined the effects of pregnancy anxiety on child temperament. In the full sample, pregnancy anxiety predicted higher negative affect. Sub-group analyses showed a marginally significant difference in the effect of pregnancy anxiety in Latina Spanish-speaking women on child negative affect compared to Latina English speaking women.
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