The impact of maternal disgust sensitivity from pregnancy until 3 years postpartum on the early development of disgust sensitivity in the child

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/25:10507499 RIV/00216208:11110/25:10507499

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1680260" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1680260</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The impact of maternal disgust sensitivity from pregnancy until 3 years postpartum on the early development of disgust sensitivity in the child

Original language description

Introduction: Disgust plays a key role in pathogen avoidance. In children, it starts to develop alongside cognition, emotion processing, and social skills around the third year. This study examined whether maternal disgust sensitivity predicts disgust sensitivity in 3-year-old children and whether this relationship is affected by parity and maternal psychological factors.Methods: Data were collected from 163 women (60% primiparae) who repeatedly (in the first trimester of pregnancy and then 6 weeks, 1 year, and 3 years postpartum) completed questionnaires on disgust sensitivity, state anxiety, positive and negative affectivity, and perceived stress. At 3 years postpartum, mothers also completed the Child Disgust Scale.Results: Path models showed that maternal disgust sensitivity at each time point significantly predicted maternal disgust sensitivity at the next point, and maternal disgust sensitivity 3 years postpartum significantly predicted children&apos;s disgust sensitivity. Higher disgust was also reported in children of multiparous mothers. Moreover, perceived stress and negative affectivity in the first trimester positively predicted first-trimester maternal disgust sensitivity.Discussion: Our results suggest that children&apos;s disgust sensitivity may be shaped by maternal disgust sensitivity and maternal psychological factors in early pregnancy may play a secondary role in this process. Older siblings may also play a role by serving as models.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA23-05519S" target="_blank" >GA23-05519S: Disgust sensitivity before and after conception: immunological and hormonal correlates and long-term effects on maternal and child health</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN

1664-1078

e-ISSN

1664-1078

Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

November

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1680260

UT code for WoS article

001634600100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105024586046