What is it about?
This study examines how multiple regulatory problems develop up to age 3 and whether maternal prenatal risk factors—such as poor mental health, substance use, and sociodemographic risks—predict dysregulation from 18 months to 3 years.
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Why is it important?
The findings indicate that the relationship between early risk exposure and child dysregulation may develop progressively over time. Children born into families with higher levels of prenatal risk are more susceptible to persistent, and potentially escalating, dysregulation issues during the preschool years.
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It should be noted that a detailed data analysis suggests that child sensory sensitivity, eating problems, and negative emotionality contribute to dysregulation effects, while sleeping problems show no such relationship.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Mapping Dysregulation: Prenatal Predictors and Developmental Trajectories of Multiple Regulatory Problems in Early Childhood, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-025-01320-2.
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