Dissecting maternal care: Patterns of maternal parenting in a prospective cohort study
Unternaehrer E, Cost KT, Bouvette‐Turcot A, Gaudreau H, Massicotte R, Dhir SK, Dass S, O'Donnell KJ, Gordon‐Green C, Atkinson L, Levitan RD, Wazana A, Steiner M, Lydon JE, Clark R, Fleming AS, Meaney MJ, Team T. Dissecting maternal care: Patterns of maternal parenting in a prospective cohort study. Journal Of Neuroendocrinology 2019, 31: e12784. PMID: 31442354, DOI: 10.1111/jne.12784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaternal BehaviorMother-Child RelationsMothersParentingProspective StudiesSelf ReportYoung AdultConceptsMaternal parentingParental brainChild outcomesMental healthMaternal parenting styleSelf-report measuresChild-reported symptomsAinsworth Sensitivity ScaleFactor analysisSelf-report questionnairesParenting variablesDifferent latent constructsSupportive parentingRelationship satisfactionAffectionate parentingMotivational componentParenting stylesExploratory factor analysisSchool readinessMultidimensional constructBehavioral problemsParentingBehavioral componentsCooperation taskMother-child bondingDynamic DNA methylation changes in the maternal oxytocin gene locus (OXT) during pregnancy predict postpartum maternal intrusiveness
Toepfer P, O'Donnell KJ, Entringer S, Garg E, Heim CM, Lin DTS, MacIsaac JL, Kobor MS, Meaney MJ, Provençal N, Binder EB, Wadhwa PD, Buss C. Dynamic DNA methylation changes in the maternal oxytocin gene locus (OXT) during pregnancy predict postpartum maternal intrusiveness. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019, 103: 156-162. PMID: 30690225, PMCID: PMC6554513, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.01.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate pregnancyMaternal behaviorMonths postpartumEarly postnatal developmentNovel potential biomarkersRace/ethnicityPregnancy inducesPeripheral bloodPregnancyMother-child dyadsPostnatal maternal behaviourPostnatal developmentPotential biomarkersSteroid hormonesDNA methylationSocioeconomic statusWhole bloodPromoter DNA methylationMother-child interactionPostpartumBloodDNA methylation changesOxytocinDNAm trajectoriesMaternal intrusiveness