Prenatal Maternal Stress, Socioeconomic and Cultural Determinants, and Early Childhood Physical and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: Evidence From a Prospective Cohort Study in Georgia
A two-phase study to follow infants born to stress-exposed mothers and non-stressed controls from birth to 12 months found children born to stress-exposed mothers showed significantly poorer physical growth and lower ASQ-3 scores across all developmental domains during the first year of life.