Maternal caregiving moderates the impact of antenatal maternal cortisol on infant stress regulation.

Sarah Nazzari R M Pasco FearonFrances RiceMassimo MolteniAlessandra Frigerio

Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2021)

Albeit preliminary, results provide the first evidence in humans that maternal sensitive caregiving may eliminate the association between antenatal maternal cortisol and infant cortisol regulation.

Keyphrases

birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
pregnant women
gestational age
weight gain
heat stress