INS NYC 2024 Program

Poster	Poster Session 05 Program Schedule 02/15/2024 02:30 pm - 03:45 pm Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60) Poster Session 05: Neuropsychiatry \| Addiction/Dependence \| Stress/Coping \| Emotional/Social Processes Final Abstract #26 Maternal Anxiety and Depression, Child Temperament, and the PediaTracTM v3.0 Motor Domain Alina Dillahunt, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States Skylar DeWitt, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States Jin Bo, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States Seth Warschausky, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States Renée Lajiness-O'Neill, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States Category: Mood and Anxiety Disorders Keyword 1: depression Keyword 2: anxiety Keyword 3: motor function Objective: Infant motor development has been linked to infant temperament and maternal factors (e.g., anxiety, depression). Specifically, self-report maternal postpartum anxiety and depressive symptoms are negatively associated with parent-reported infant motor ability by and before 12-months (Liu et al, 2021). Additionally, infant negative affectivity (NA) has been shown to be negatively associated with motor ability and can moderate the relationship between maternal postpartum anxiety and depression and infant motor ability, where infants with higher NA are more vulnerable to the negative effects of maternal depression on motor development (Sacchi et al., 2018). This study aims to understand if maternal factors similarly relate to the PediaTrac^TM v3.0 motor domain, a caregiver-report scale developed using item response theory modeling, and whether a moderating effect exists with infant temperament. We hypothesized that higher maternal anxiety and depression correlates with lower infant motor ability, and higher infant NA correlates with lower infant motor ability at 9- and 12-months. We also hypothesized that NA moderates the effect of maternal anxiety and depression on PediaTrac estimates of motor ability, with additive effects of higher NA. Participants and Methods: Participants were subsamples of a longitudinal infant development study of 571 caregiver-infant dyads; 42% born pre-term, 52% male, and highly diverse with 53% self-identifying in non-White categories and/or Hispanic/Latino. At 9- and 12-months, maternal anxiety and depression were assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), child negative affectivity (NA) with the Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ), and child motor ability with the PediaTrac^TM v3.0 motor domain (MOT). Results: At 9-months, there were significant negative correlations between MOT and BSI-anxiety (r=-.17, p<.01) as well as BSI-depression (r=-.17, p<.01). To investigate further, correlations were run in groups stratified by term status (i.e., pre-term, and term). The correlations for both BSI-anxiety (r=-.21, p<.01) and BSI-depression (r=-.17, p<.01) with MOT remained significant in the term but not pre-term infants. Significant negative correlations between MOT and BSI-anxiety (r=.-16, p=<.01) and BSI-depression (r= -.14, p<.01) also were found at 12-months. However, after stratifying by term status, it was found that the correlations with MOT and anxiety (r=-.19, p<.01) and depression (r=-.17, p<.01) remained significant in pre-term infants but not in term infants. There were no significant moderation effects found at either timepoint or within either term status group. Conclusions: As hypothesized, maternal anxiety was negatively related to child motor ability but differentially affected by term status at different ages. Unlike past findings, infant NA did not moderate the relationship between maternal anxiety and infant motor ability, even when separating by term-status. Further analyses are needed to explore whether other factors (e.g., demographic variables) may influence the relationship between maternal anxiety and depression and infant motor development.

Poster

02/15/2024
02:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)

Poster Session 05: Neuropsychiatry | Addiction/Dependence | Stress/Coping | Emotional/Social Processes

Final Abstract #26

Maternal Anxiety and Depression, Child Temperament, and the PediaTracTM v3.0 Motor Domain

Alina Dillahunt, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States
Skylar DeWitt, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States
Jin Bo, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States
Seth Warschausky, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Renée Lajiness-O'Neill, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, United States

Category: Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Keyword 1: depression
Keyword 2: anxiety
Keyword 3: motor function

Objective:

Infant motor development has been linked to infant temperament and maternal factors (e.g., anxiety, depression). Specifically, self-report maternal postpartum anxiety and depressive symptoms are negatively associated with parent-reported infant motor ability by and before 12-months (Liu et al, 2021). Additionally, infant negative affectivity (NA) has been shown to be negatively associated with motor ability and can moderate the relationship between maternal postpartum anxiety and depression and infant motor ability, where infants with higher NA are more vulnerable to the negative effects of maternal depression on motor development (Sacchi et al., 2018).

This study aims to understand if maternal factors similarly relate to the PediaTrac^TM v3.0 motor domain, a caregiver-report scale developed using item response theory modeling, and whether a moderating effect exists with infant temperament. We hypothesized that higher maternal anxiety and depression correlates with lower infant motor ability, and higher infant NA correlates with lower infant motor ability at 9- and 12-months. We also hypothesized that NA moderates the effect of maternal anxiety and depression on PediaTrac estimates of motor ability, with additive effects of higher NA.

Participants and Methods:

Participants were subsamples of a longitudinal infant development study of 571 caregiver-infant dyads; 42% born pre-term, 52% male, and highly diverse with 53% self-identifying in non-White categories and/or Hispanic/Latino. At 9- and 12-months, maternal anxiety and depression were assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), child negative affectivity (NA) with the Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ), and child motor ability with the PediaTrac^TM v3.0 motor domain (MOT).

Results:

At 9-months, there were significant negative correlations between MOT and BSI-anxiety (r=-.17, p<.01) as well as BSI-depression (r=-.17, p<.01). To investigate further, correlations were run in groups stratified by term status (i.e., pre-term, and term). The correlations for both BSI-anxiety (r=-.21, p<.01) and BSI-depression (r=-.17, p<.01) with MOT remained significant in the term but not pre-term infants. Significant negative correlations between MOT and BSI-anxiety (r=.-16, p=<.01) and BSI-depression (r= -.14, p<.01) also were found at 12-months. However, after stratifying by term status, it was found that the correlations with MOT and anxiety (r=-.19, p<.01) and depression (r=-.17, p<.01) remained significant in pre-term infants but not in term infants. There were no significant moderation effects found at either timepoint or within either term status group.

Conclusions:

As hypothesized, maternal anxiety was negatively related to child motor ability but differentially affected by term status at different ages. Unlike past findings, infant NA did not moderate the relationship between maternal anxiety and infant motor ability, even when separating by term-status. Further analyses are needed to explore whether other factors (e.g., demographic variables) may influence the relationship between maternal anxiety and depression and infant motor development.