Pregnancy-specific stress (PSS) arises from the numerous changes that women experience
during pregnancy and from their concerns about childbirth and the health of their offspring …

Considerable evidence has accumulated on the association between pregnancy-specific
stress and adverse birth outcomes with an increasing number of measures of pregnancy …

This article analyzes the conceptual and methodological approaches which have been used
to investigate effects of prenatal maternal stress on birth outcomes and highlights the major …

OBJECTIVE: to explore the factor structure of the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (PDQ),
which aims to assess worries and concerns related to pregnancy. DESIGN: cross-sectional …

The present study investigated coping in early, mid-, and late pregnancy in 321 ethnically
and socioeconomically diverse women of varying medical risk. The goal was to determine …

Despite substantial interest in the effects of stress on pregnancy, few instruments are
available to measure pregnancy-specific stressors. Moreover, research has typically focused …

The role of maternal stress during pregnancy remains a focus of academic and clinical
inquiry, yet there are few instruments available that measure pregnancy-specific contributors …

The literature linking maternal psychosocial stress with pregnancy outcomes is reviewed.
These published findings, dating back over the past 30 years, tend to conceptualize stress …

Background: Pregnancy is a potentially stressful event. Prenatal stress alters maternal
endocrine and immune systems, has been implicated in the etiology of prenatal …

Background A growing body of literature documents associations of maternal psychosocial
stress during pregnancy with fetal, infant and child behaviour and development. However …