The childhood family environment can influence long-term well-being in part by modifying how individuals’ respond to and cope with stress across the life span. Theoretical models propose that childhood stress will either...
Background:
Two theoretical frameworks, the cumulative stress and match-mismatch model, propose that patterns of maternal depressive symptoms over early periods of offspring development predict outcomes in opposing ways....
Background:
Stress before conception and during pregnancy is associated with less favorable maternal and child health. Alterations in prenatal cortisol levels may serve as a central biological pathway linking stress to...
