Well come open res: abuse of a mother can lead to low IQ

December 3, 2019 / Biovalley bio on / - women who report domestic violence during the first six years of pregnancy or child's life are nearly 50% more likely to have a child with a low IQ at the age of 8, according to the study In a study led by Dr Catherine Abel (Kathryn Abel) of University of Manchester, mothers who did not suffer from domestic violence had a 13% chance that their children would be less than 90 when they were 8 years old However, if a mother suffers physical violence from her partner during pregnancy or the first six years of her child's life, the number rises to 22.8% In addition, the results of the study showed that if the mother suffered repeated domestic violence, the child's probability of low IQ would rise to 34.6% (image source: www Pixabay Com) using 3997 mothers from other clinical follow-up studies, the study looked at the link between domestic violence (also known as intimate partner violence (IPV)) and the intelligence of eight year olds The researchers tracked children after pregnancy and measured emotional and physical domestic violence - also known as intimate partner violence - suffered by mothers from pregnancy to the age of eight In addition, the authors used Weschler's standardized IQ test to measure children's intelligence at the age of eight Low IQ is defined as an IQ score of less than 90, of which the normal IQ is considered to be 100 "We have learned that a quarter of women aged 16 and over in England and Wales are exposed to domestic violence throughout their lives and that their children are at greater risk of physical, social and behavioural problems "We also know that childhood intelligence is closely related to good performance in adulthood, although there is little evidence that these children are at risk of low intelligence," the authors said Although we can't conclude that IPV leads to low IQ, these findings show that domestic violence has nothing to do with other risk factors of low IQ in children and has a measurable link by the middle of childhood " There are some differences about whether IQ test is a complete measure of intelligence, because it only considers verbal and non-verbal intelligence However, it is considered useful by many experts because in many countries and cultures it has been shown that high IQ can be linked to a wide range of improvements in social and health conditions "Early intervention in these families can protect children from harm, but priority can also be given to their future development." Sources of information: children of unused mothers 50% more likely to have low IQ original sources: Kathryn m Abel, Hein heuvelman, dheeraj Rai, Nicholas J Timpson, Jane sarginson, Rebekah shallcross, Heather Mitchell, Holly house, Richard Emsley Intelligence in off spring born to women exposed to introduce partner violence: a population-based cohort study
Wellcome Open Research , 2019; 4: 107 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15270.1