Childhood stress and birth timing among African American women: Cortisol as biological mediator

Highlights • Childhood stress shapes birth timing, independent of stress in adulthood. • Childhood interpersonal loss, physical danger, and role disruption play important roles. • Maternal cortisol elevation appears to be a key biological mediator.

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017-10, Vol.84, p.32-41
Hauptverfasser: Gillespie, Shannon L, Christian, Lisa M, Alston, Angela D, Salsberry, Pamela
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Childhood stress shapes birth timing, independent of stress in adulthood. • Childhood interpersonal loss, physical danger, and role disruption play important roles. • Maternal cortisol elevation appears to be a key biological mediator.
ISSN:0306-4530
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DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.06.009