Maternal Adversity Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment (MAVAN) project is a prospective community-based, pregnancy and birth cohort of Canadian mother-child dyads. The main objective of MAVAN project is to examine the pre- and postnatal influences, and their interaction, in determining individual differences in children development. The MAVAN project is designed to examine the consequences of fetal adversity as a function of the quality of the postnatal environment, focusing on mother-infant interactions.
Age range
3 Months – 6 Years
Sex
ALL
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Child's Cognitive Development Measured Using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II.
Timeframe: At 6, 12, 18 and 36 months
Child Temperament Evaluated Using the Infant Behaviour Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 3 and 6 months
Changes in Child Temperament Evaluated Using the Early Childhood Behaviour Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 18 and 36 months
Changes in Socio-emotional Development Measured Using the Infant Toddler Socio-emotional Assessment Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 18 and 24 months
Changes in Child's Behaviour Problems Measured With the Child Behaviour Checklist.
Timeframe: 48 and 60 months
Changes in Child's School Readiness Measured With the School Readiness Test Battery.
Timeframe: 48 and 60 months
Evaluation or Child's Cognitive Development Using the Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment.
Timeframe: 48 months
Evaluation of Child's Cognitive Development Using the Weschler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence.
Timeframe: 48 months
Changes in Child's Hyperactivity Problems Measured With the Conner's.
Timeframe: 60 and 72 months
Child's Fears Assessed With the Koala Fear Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 60 months
Changes in Child's Emotional and Behaviour Problems Measured With the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 60 and 72 months
Child's Behavioural Inhibition and Behavioural Activation Were Measured Using the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) and the Behavioural Approach System (BAS)
Timeframe: 60 months
Child's Mental Health Was Evaluated Using the Dominic Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 72 months
The Child's Attributional Style Was Evaluated With the Child Attributional Style Interview.
Timeframe: 72 months
Changes in Child's Feeding Behaviour Was Measured With the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 48 and 72 months
Child's Executive Functioning Measured With the Behavior Rating of Executive Function.
Timeframe: 72 months
Sensitivity to Punishment & Sensitivity to Reward in Children Will be Evaluated Using the Child Version of the Sensitivity to Punishment & Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire.
Timeframe: 72 months