Early origins and adult correlates of psychosomatic distress

Yin Bun Cheung

Social Science & Medicine, 2002, vol. 55, issue 6, 937-948

Abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated associations between fetal insults and psychological and developmental outcomes in children and adolescents. It is not clear whether psychosomatic problems in adults also have early origins. This study involved full-term live-born singletons free of congenital anomaly in the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study. Birthweight, gestational age, maternal smoking, parental social class and birth order were recorded around the time of birth. Psychological and somatic distresses were measured by the Malaise Inventory at age 26. A number of socio-behavioural covariates were also measured at this time. Multiple (least square) regression analysis showed that birthweight standardised for gestational age had a "reverse J" relation with psychological distress (p

Keywords: UK; Fetal; growth; Child; health; Maternal; health; Smoking; Psychological; distress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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