Women who smoke during pregnancy are at risk of aggressive child. According to a study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology.

While previous studies have shown that smoking causes a baby with low weight, the data from this study suggest that mothers who smoke during pregnancy can provoke aggressive behaviour in kids. Scientists from Canada and the Netherlands, working on the project, found that there is additional risk in mothers with low social income (less than 40,000 dollars a year) and those with antisocial behaviour, school drop-outs, pregnant and under 21 years used drugs in your his youth.
Psychiatry professor Jean Begin, University Hospital Saint-Justine in Montreal and his colleague Stefan Haybregts University of Leiden in the Netherlands, together with an expanded team of authors believe that mothers who were antisocial behaviour, the risk of occurrence of aggression in the child is 67 %, particularly if they smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day during pregnancy. Those who have not smoked or smoked less than 10 cigarettes per day the risk is within 16%. The results are taken from a large study in Quebec, tracking the behaviour of children over time. Object of study were 1745 children aged 18 months to 3 e years. Their behaviour was described by their mothers. Children kicked, bitten, screamed, hit, looking for a fight, et.

The authors warn that tobacco money by pregnancy, among other factors, such as divorce, depression, lower educational status and lower age may be a reason for aggressive behaviour in children.



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