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Does Brief Psychotherapy with Distressed Pregnant Women Benefit Mother and Baby?
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Garcia, Sarah E.; Lillehei, Nina E.; Valente, Eleza R.; Grote, Nancy K.; Hankin, Benjamin L.; Davis, Elysia Poggi – ZERO TO THREE, 2019
Prenatal maternal depression affects both mother and fetus with long-term implications for offspring vulnerability to psychopathology through alterations to brain development, stress physiology, negative emotionality, and cognitive control. This article reviews evidence for the negative impact of prenatal maternal depression on offspring…
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Depression (Psychology)
Prenatal Foundations: Fetal Programming of Health and Development
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Davis, Elysia Poggi; Thompson, Ross A. – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
The fetal programming and developmental origins of disease models suggest that experiences that occur before birth can have consequences for physical and mental health that persist across the lifespan. Development is more rapid during the prenatal period as compared to any other stage of life. This introductory article considers evidence that…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Child Health, Stress Variables, Stress Management
Prenatal Maternal Stress Programs Infant Stress Regulation
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Davis, Elysia Poggi; Glynn, Laura M.; Waffarn, Feizal; Sandman, Curt A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: Prenatal exposure to inappropriate levels of glucocorticoids (GCs) and maternal stress are putative mechanisms for the fetal programming of later health outcomes. The current investigation examined the influence of prenatal maternal cortisol and maternal psychosocial stress on infant physiological and behavioral responses to stress.…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Infants, Birth Order, Prenatal Influences
Prenatal Maternal Anxiety and Depression Predict Negative Behavioral Reactivity in Infancy
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Davis, Elysia Poggi; Snidman, Nancy; Wadhwa, Pathik D.; Glynn, Laura M.; Schetter, Chris Dunkel; Sandman, Curt A. – Infancy, 2004
The effects of maternal antenatal and postnatal anxiety and depression on infant negative behavioral reactivity were examined in a sample of 22 mother-infant pairs. Maternal anxiety and depression were assessed by standardized measures during the third trimester of pregnancy and postpartum. Infant negative behavioral responses to novelty were…
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Infants, Infant Behavior