Maternal trait anxiety, emotional distress, and salivary cortisol in pregnancy

Biological Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Pluess, Michael ^a   Bolten, Margarete ^b   Pirke, Karl Martin ^c   Hellhammer, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuroticism; Personality; Pregnancy; Prenatal stress; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349112890     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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