Partner influence as a factor in maternal alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms, and maternal effects on infant neurodevelopmental outcomes

CONCLUSIONS: Partner influence is an important contributor to prenatal alcohol use and maternal depressive symptoms, over and above the effect of SES. The significant paths from prenatal alcohol exposure to infant neurodevelopmental outcomes underscore the importance of partner influence during pregnancy.PMID:33999430 | DOI:10.1111/acer.14612

Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - May 17, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Carson Kautz-Turnbull Christie L M Petrenko Elizabeth D Handley Claire D Coles Julie A Kable Wladimir Wertelecki Lyubov Yevtushok Natalya Zymak-Zakutnya Christina D Chambers Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD) Source Type: research