Influence of prenatal maternal stress, maternal plasma cortisol and cortisol in the amniotic fluid on birth outcomes and child temperament at 3 months

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 907-915

  Baibazarova, Eugenia ^a   Van De Beek, Cornelieke ^b   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^b   Buitelaar, Jan ^c   Shelton, Katherine H ^a   Van Goozen, Stephanie H M ^a,d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Anxiety; Cortisol; Longitudinal; Prenatal stress; Temperament

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANXIETY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84877038956     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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