Pregnancy-specific stress, preterm birth, and gestational age among high-risk young women

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1033-1045

  Cole Lewis, Heather J ^a   Kershaw, Trace S ^a   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a   Yonkers, Kimberly Ann ^b   Lin, Haiqun ^a   Ickovics, Jeannette R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Gestational age; Pregnancy anxiety preterm birth; Pregnancy specific stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPARA; PARITY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC STRESS SCORE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908330994     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034586     Document Type: Article

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