Parental, prenatal, and neonatal associations with ball skills at age 8 using an exposome approach.

Jean Golding; Steven Gregory; Yasmin Iles-Caven; Raghu Lingam; John M Davis; Pauline Emmett; Colin D Steer; Joseph R Hibbeln; (2014) Parental, prenatal, and neonatal associations with ball skills at age 8 using an exposome approach. Journal of child neurology, 29 (10). pp. 1390-1398. ISSN 0883-0738 DOI: 10.1177/0883073814530501
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There is little consistency in the literature concerning factors that influence motor coordination in children. A hypothesis-free "exposome" approach was used with 7359 children using longitudinal information covering 3 generations in regard to throwing a ball accurately at age 7 years. The analyses showed an independent robust negative association with mother's unhappiness in her midchildhood (6-11 years). No such association was present for study fathers. The offspring of parents who described themselves as having poor eyesight had poorer ability. This hypothesis-free approach has identified a strong negative association with an unhappy childhood. Future studies of this cohort will be used to determine whether the mechanism is manifest through differing parenting skills, or a biological mechanism reflecting epigenetic effects.


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