A study of 1,585 pregnant women during the COVID-19 era reveals that prenatal risk as defined by a multitude of maternal psychosocial stressors is associated with greater infant inflexibility and difficulty with routines during a baby’s first year of life. Led by Stony Brook Medicine researcher Heidi Preis, MSW, Ph.D., the study findings illustrate that stress experienced during pregnancy clearly impacts the socioemotional development of babies, even after accounting for postpartum experiences of stress. The findings are explained in a paper published in Infant and Child Development.
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