The buffering effect of social support on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function during pregnancy

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 856-862

  Giesbrecht, Gerald F ^a   Poole, Julia C ^a   Letourneau, Nicole ^a,b   Campbell, Tavis ^b   Kaplan, Bonnie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biobehavioral coherence; HPA axis; pregnancy; psychological distress; salivary cortisol; social support

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BIOBEHAVIORAL COHERENCE; HPA AXIS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; SALIVARY CORTISOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84888137830     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000004     Document Type: Article

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