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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0306-4530 1873-3360 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.06.009 |