Publications by authors named "Nikolina Nonkovic"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates how maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSDP) affects offspring's DNA methylation patterns and behaviors, specifically looking at attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder hyperactive/impulsive (ADHD-HI) symptoms.
- - Using a sibling-comparison design, researchers analyzed data from 328 families with siblings who had different exposure levels to MSDP, aiming to control for confounding variables.
- - Findings suggest that child-specific MSDP is linked to changes in global DNA methylation, which may partially explain the relationship between MSDP and ADHD-HI symptoms, highlighting the need for further longitudinal research.
Reliability of prospective and retrospective maternal reports of prenatal experiences.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
December 2022
Background: Extant perinatal research utilizes retrospective reports on the prenatal environment, but there are limited data on the validity of retrospective data compared with prospective data. The current study examined the reliability of birth mothers' memory of prenatal stress and distress and perinatal risks at 6-months postpartum with maternal reports gathered across each trimester of pregnancy and explored whether recall varied with maternal socioeconomic status.
Methods: Surveys were collected from 34 pregnant women (M age = 29.