| Title: |
Maternal Education Prospectively Predicts Child Neurocognitive Function: An Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Study |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Santiago Morales (ORCID 0000-0002-9850-042X); Maureen E. Bowers; Lauren Shuffrey; Katherine Ziegler; Sonya Troller-Renfree; Alexis Hernandez; Stephanie C. Leach; Monica McGrath; Cindy Ola; Leslie D. Leve; Sara S. Nozadi; Margaret M. Swingler; Jin-Shei Lai; Julie B. Schweitzer; William Fifer; Carlos A. Camargo; Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey; Allison L. B. Shapiro; Daniel P. Keating; Tina V. Hartert; Sean Deoni; Assiamira Ferrara; Amy J. Elliott |
| Source: |
Developmental Psychology. 2024 60(6):1028-1040. |
| Availability: |
American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
13 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Office of the Director (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: |
U2COD023375; U24OD023382; U24OD023319; UH3OD023320; UH3OD023279; UH30D023344; UG3OD023389; UH3OD023365; UH3OD023332; UH3OD023253; UH3OD023285; UH3OD023313; UH3OD023289; UH3OD023248; UH3OD023288; UH3OD023282; UH3OD023271; UH3OD023348; UH3OD023337 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Mothers; Educational Attainment; Child Development; Thinking Skills; Adolescent Development; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Child Relationship; Language Skills |
| DOI: |
10.1037/dev0001642 |
| ISSN: |
0012-1649; 1939-0599 |
| Abstract: |
A large body of research has established a relation between maternal education and children's neurocognitive functions, such as executive function and language. However, most studies have focused on early childhood and relatively few studies have examined associations with changes in maternal education over time. Consequently, it remains unclear if early maternal education is longitudinally related to neurocognitive functions in children, adolescents, and young adults. In addition, the associations between changes in maternal education across development and more broadly defined neurocognitive outcomes remain relatively untested. The current study leveraged a large multicohort sample to examine the longitudinal relations between perinatal maternal education and changes in maternal education during development with children's, adolescents', and young adults' neurocognitive functions (N = 2,688; M[subscript age] = 10.32 years; SD[subscript age] = 4.26; range = 3-20 years). Moreover, we examined the differential effects of perinatal maternal education and changes in maternal education across development on executive function and language performance. Perinatal maternal education was positively associated with children's later overall neurocognitive function. This longitudinal relation was stronger for language than executive function. In addition, increases in maternal education were related to improved language performance but were not associated with executive functioning performance. Our findings support perinatal maternal education as an important predictor of neurocognitive outcomes later in development. Moreover, our results suggest that examining how maternal education changes across development can provide important insights that can help inform policies and interventions designed to foster neurocognitive development. [This paper was written on behalf of program collaborators for Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes.] |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Notes: |
https://dash.nichd.nih.gov |
| Entry Date: |
2024 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1427803 |
| Database: |
ERIC |