Objective Pregnant adolescents have high rates of poor birth outcomes, but the causes are
unclear. We present a prospective, longitudinal study of pregnant adolescents assessing …

Objective: To capture multidimensional maternal psychosocial stress using responses from
the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale …

A prospective, longitudinal investigation of the relation between cortisol reactivity, self-report
anxiety and labor and delivery outcomes was undertaken in a sample of non-urban …

Objective Stress during pregnancy may decrease gestational age at birth and birth size. We
aimed to investigate the associations between maternal subjective stress measures, salivary …

Perinatal psychological stress has been associated with unfavorable maternal and neonatal
outcomes. We aimed to assess the impact of perinatal stress on infant development at 1 year …

Objectives. We sought to determine if and to what extent a woman's exposure to stressful life
events prior to conception (PSLEs) were associated with subsequent infant birth weight by …

Background Stress in pregnancy predicts adverse birth outcomes. Stressors occurring prior
to conception may also pose risk for the mother and child. The few published studies on …

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

Background: Animal studies show that prenatal maternal stress may be related to cognitive
impairments in offspring. Therefore, we examined whether psychological and …

Preterm birth constitutes a significant international public health issue, with implications for
child and family well-being. High levels of psychosocial stress and negative affect before …