Rinne, Gabrielle R., Mahrer, Nicole E., Guardino, Christine M., Shalowitz, Madeleine U., Ramey, Sharon L., and Schetter, Christine Dunkel

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...

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Rinne, Gabrielle R., Davis, Elysia Poggi , Mahrer, Nicole E., Guardino, Christine M. , Charalel, Julia M. , Shalowitz, Madeleine U. , Ramey, Sharon L. , and Schetter, Christine Dunkel

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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....

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Rinne, Gabrielle R., Hartstein, Jenna, Guardino, Christine M., and Schetter, Christine Dunkel

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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...

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