Maternal and paternal alcohol consumption in the prenatal period and mental health and behavior of their children until adulthood
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/25:00141572 RIV/00216208:11240/25:10498474
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10035" target="_blank" >10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10035</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Maternal and paternal alcohol consumption in the prenatal period and mental health and behavior of their children until adulthood
Original language description
Background: Maternal alcohol consumption can adversely affect children's development, butthe impact of paternal drinking is less understood. We aimed to investigate whether maternalor paternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy affected children's mental health andbehavior.Methods: A total of 2,013 parent-child triads from the European Longitudinal Study ofPregnancy and Childhood cohort were used. Data on alcohol consumption was obtained fromquestionnaires during pregnancy and after the child's birth. Mental health and behavior ofchildren was assessed with Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The associationswere tested using linear regression, adjusting for socio-demographic and psychosocialcovariates.Results: Increased maternal alcohol consumption was associated with higher total SDQscores at ages 7, 11, and 18 years old when the outcomes were reported by mothers, but onlyat 11 years when reported by children. We did not observe any dose-response relationship,and the effect size did not change during the follow-up. The effects were observed acrossvarious domains of SDQ: in the emotional symptoms subscale at age 11, in the conductproblems subscale at ages 7 and 11, and in the hyperactivity/inattention subscale at age 18.Paternal alcohol consumption was not associated with SDQ.Conclusions: Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy is associated with long-termeffects on children's mental health and behavior, particularly when reported by mothers. Noassociation was found between paternal alcohol consumption, suggesting that the results maystem from biological effects of alcohol or other factors beyond the direct exposure, potentiallyencompassing broader maternal psychosocial or behavioral characteristics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Psychiatry
ISSN
0924-9338
e-ISSN
1778-3585
Volume of the periodical
68
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
FR - FRANCE
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
e70
UT code for WoS article
001505482500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105007330788