# Maternal stress during pregnancy and telomere length in children - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k4962 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Maternal stress during pregnancy and telomere length in children | WCP 2026 Summary > Adverse maternal psychosocial factors during pregnancy were associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in newborns, whereas protective factors such as r… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/k4962) This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it. Nordic Perspectives SessionPerinatal and Women's HealthCohort # Maternal stress during pregnancy and telomere length in children Maternal stress during pregnancy and child telomere length Presenter: Niloofar Hashempour Country: Finland Session: 4700 - INTERGENERATIONAL INHERITANCE OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS AND RESILIENCE Date: Sat, 26.09.2026, 15:00 - 15:15 Room: Hall A7 Adverse maternal psychosocial factors during pregnancy were associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in newborns, whereas protective factors such as resilience and high quality of life were associated with longer leukocyte telomere length. The study aimed to investigate whether risk factors such as maternal adverse childhood experiences and prenatal psychological distress, as well as protective factors such as resilience and high quality of life, were associated with newborn leukocyte telomere length (LTL). Data from 1,943 mother–child pairs in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort were analyzed; mothers completed questionnaires assessing adverse childhood experiences, levels of prenatal psychological distress, and protective factors at different stages of pregnancy, and umbilical cord blood samples were collected at birth to measure newborn LTL. Associations were examined using multivariable linear regression models adjusted for relevant maternal, pregnancy-related, and neonatal covariates, and analyses stratified by infant sex were also performed. Higher levels of maternal positive and resilience factors were associated with longer newborn LTL, whereas higher levels of adverse factors were associated with shorter LTL. Consistent with this, higher pregnancy-specific anxiety in mid- and late pregnancy was associated with shorter telomere length, while higher maternal quality of life was associated with longer telomere length. These associations were observed across the full sample and appeared more pronounced in male newborns. The findings suggest that telomere biology, a marker of cellular aging, may be shaped as early as the intrauterine period. How to cite this study APA 7: Hashempour, N., et al. (2026, September 26). Maternal stress during pregnancy and child telomere length [Oral presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. Vancouver: Hashempour N, et al. Maternal stress during pregnancy and child telomere length [oral presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Author names and title formatting were generated automatically from the congress system; please check them against the original poster before use. ## On the same topic - [Dikkatsizlik ve hiperaktivitenin ötesinde: kadınlarda DEHB'nin yeterince tedavi edilmeyen bir boyutu olarak duygusal disregülasyon](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0078) - [Gebelikte anne tiroid işlev bozukluğunun bebekte otizm spektrum bozukluğuyla ilişkisi: sistematik derleme ve meta-analiz](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0181) - [Hafif ve orta düzey obstetrik yük ile doğum sonrası kırk beşinci ayda boyutsal ruh sağlığı sonuçları](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0237) - [Portekiz toplumunda kabul görmeyen yas ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi ve geçerliğine ilişkin ön veriler](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0290) - [Gebelikte olumlu anne ruh sağlığı ile çocukta psikopatoloji ve sosyoduygusal gelişim: olası mekanizmalar ve yeni yönelimler](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0419) [All WCP 2026 summaries](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k4962 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim