Several early developmental factors are associated with an increased risk of ADHD during childhood and adolescence.
May 29 2024The University of Oulu Maternal stress during pregnancy and unwanted pregnancy may increase the incidence of ADHD symptoms in children, according to research. The duration of breastfeeding was also found to have an impact on the risk and onset of ADHD symptoms.
Jandeh Jallow, a Licentiate of Medicine at the University of Oulu, Finland, shows in her PhD research that maternal stress during pregnancy and unwanted pregnancy can increase the incidence of ADHD symptoms in children. It is also possible that the shorter duration of breastfeeding among postnatal risk factors increases the prevalence of ADHD symptoms.
In her population-based doctoral thesis, Jallow examined the understudied risk factors for prenatal and early childhood ADHD in a 1986 Northern Finland birth cohort. She investigated whether maternal prenatal inflammation and stress, duration of breastfeeding, and child´s own personality and comorbid psychopathology or psychiatric illness were associated with increased risk of ADHD in childhood and adolescence.
Related StoriesThe child's own personality profile was also associated with a diagnosis of ADHD in adolescence. The study revealed differences in temperament and personality traits between a healthy control group and those diagnosed with ADHD. Adolescents diagnosed with ADHD being more likely to be novelty-seeking and less self-directed, cooperative, and persistent than those without a diagnosis of ADHD.
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