High Quality Social Environment Buffers Infants' Cognitive Development from Poor Maternal Mental Health: Evidence from a Study in Bhutan

Autor/inn/en	Juvrud, Joshua; Haas, Sara A.; Lindskog, Marcus; Astor, Kim; Namgyel, Sangay C.; Wangmo, Tshering; Wangchuk; Dorjee, Sithar; Tshering, Kinzang P.; Gredebäck, Gustaf
Titel	High Quality Social Environment Buffers Infants' Cognitive Development from Poor Maternal Mental Health: Evidence from a Study in Bhutan
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 25 (2022) 3, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lindskog, Marcus)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.13203
Schlagwörter	Social Environment; Infants; Cognitive Development; Mothers; Mental Health; Foreign Countries; Eye Movements; Attention Control; Social Cognition; Predictor Variables; Child Health; Bhutan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Umfeld; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Kognitive Entwicklung; Mother; Mutter; Psychohygiene; Ausland; Augenbewegung; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Soziale Kognition; Prädiktor
Abstract	Poor maternal mental health negatively impacts cognitive development from infancy to childhood, affecting both behavior and brain architecture. In a non-western context (Thimphu, Bhutan), we demonstrate that culturally-moderated factors such as family, community social support, and enrichment may buffer and scaffold the development of infant cognition when maternal mental health is poor. We used eye-tracking to measure early building blocks of cognition: attention regulation and social perception, in 9-month-old Bhutanese infants (N = 121). The cognitive development of Bhutanese infants in richer social environments was buffered from poor maternal mental health, while for infants in environments with lower rates of protective social environment factors, worse maternal mental health significantly predicted greater costs for infant attention, a fundamental building block cognition. International policies and interventions geared to improve maternal mental health and child health outcomes should incorporate each regions' unique family, cultural, and community support structures. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01