Pregnancy-Specific Stress, Prenatal Health Behaviors, and Birth Outcomes

Objective: Stress in pregnancy predicts earlier birth and lower birth weight. The authors investigated whether pregnancy-specific stress contributes uniquely to birth outcomes compared with general stress, and whether prenatal health behaviors explain this association. Design: Three structured prena...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health psychology 2008-09, Vol.27 (5), p.604-615
Hauptverfasser:	Lobel, Marci, Cannella, Dolores Lacey, Graham, Jennifer E, DeVincent, Carla, Schneider, Jayne, Meyer, Bruce A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anxiety Biological and medical sciences Birth Weight Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation Disorders Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Health Behavior Health behaviour Human Humans Illness and personality Illness, stress and coping Maternal Behavior Medical sciences Outcomes Pregnancy Pregnancy - psychology Pregnancy Outcome Premature Birth Psychology and medicine Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Stress Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: Stress in pregnancy predicts earlier birth and lower birth weight. The authors investigated whether pregnancy-specific stress contributes uniquely to birth outcomes compared with general stress, and whether prenatal health behaviors explain this association. Design: Three structured prenatal interviews ( N = 279) assessing state anxiety, perceived stress, life events, pregnancy-specific stress, and health behaviors. Main Outcome Measures: Gestational age at delivery, birth weight, preterm delivery (
ISSN:	0278-6133 1930-7810
DOI:	10.1037/a0013242