Paid Maternal Leave Is Associated with Infant Brain Function at 3 Months of Age

Autor/inn/en	Brito, Natalie H.; Werchan, Denise; Brandes-Aitken, Annie; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Greaves, Ashley; Zhang, Maggie
Titel	Paid Maternal Leave Is Associated with Infant Brain Function at 3 Months of Age
Quelle	In: Child Development, 93 (2022) 4, S.1030-1043 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brito, Natalie H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13765
Schlagwörter	Infants; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Leaves of Absence; Mothers; Employed Women; Medicine; Parent Child Relationship; Fringe Benefits; Family Programs; Public Policy; Cognitive Development; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Lehrerbeurlaubung; Mother; Mutter; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Medizin; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sozialabgaben; Family program; Familienprogramm; Öffentliche Ordnung; Kognitive Entwicklung
Abstract	The first months of life are critical for establishing neural connections relevant for social and cognitive development. Yet, the United States lacks a national policy of paid family leave during this important period of brain development. This study examined associations between paid leave and infant electroencephalography (EEG) at 3 months in a sociodemographically diverse sample of families from New York City (N = 80; 53 males; 48% Latine; data collection occurred 05/2018-12/2019). Variable-centered regression results indicate that paid leave status was related to differences in EEG power (ps < 0.02, R[superscript 2]s > 0.12). Convergent results from person-centered latent profile analyses demonstrate that mothers with paid leave were 7.39 times as likely to have infants with EEG profiles characterized by increased higher-Hz power (95% CI, 1.9-36.9), potentially reflecting more mature patterns of brain activity. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01