Characterizing prenatal maternal distress with unique prenatal cortisol trajectories.

Gage F PetersonEmma V Espel Elysia Poggi DavisCurt A SandmanLaura M Glynn

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2020)

These findings suggest that psychological distress during pregnancy is associated with unique prenatal cortisol profiles and support further examination of this link, to enable continued evaluation of a plausible biological pathway by which maternal psychological distress programs fetal development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
birth weight
sleep quality
depressive symptoms
public health
emergency department
physical activity
body mass index
gestational age