Prenatal developmental origins of behavior and mental health: The influence of maternal stress in pregnancy

BRH Van den Bergh, MI van den Heuvel… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accumulating research shows that prenatal exposure to maternal stress increases the risk
for behavioral and mental health problems later in life. This review systematically analyzes …

Neurocognitive development in socioeconomic context: Multiple mechanisms and implications for measuring socioeconomic status

A Ursache, KG Noble - Psychophysiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to functioning across a variety of
neurocognitive domains including language, memory, executive functioning, and social …

The development of coping

EA Skinner, MJ Zimmer-Gembeck - Annu. Rev. Psychol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Research on coping during childhood and adolescence is distinguished by its focus on how
children deal with actual stressors in real-life contexts. Despite burgeoning literatures within …

Fetal and infant outcomes in the offspring of parents with perinatal mental disorders: earliest influences

E Aktar, J Qu, PJ Lawrence, MS Tollenaar… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Mental illness is highly prevalent and runs in families. Mental disorders are considered to
enhance the risk for the development of psychopathology in the offspring. This heightened …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood adversity and vagal regulation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

C Wesarg, AL Van den Akker, NYL Oei… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Childhood adversity (CA) is associated with increased risk for physical and mental health
problems, with alterations in vagal regulation (an aspect of autonomic functioning indexed …

Effects of pre-and postnatal maternal stress on infant temperament and autonomic nervous system reactivity and regulation in a diverse, low-income population

NR Bush, K Jones-Mason, M Coccia… - Development and …, 2017 - cambridge.org
We examined the prospective associations of objective and subjective measures of stress
during pregnancy with infant stress reactivity and regulation, an early-life predictor of …

Harsh parenting, parasympathetic activity, and development of delinquency and substance use.

JB Hinnant, SA Erath, M El-Sheikh - Journal of abnormal …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Stress response systems are thought to play an important role in the development of
psychopathology. In addition, family stress may have a significant influence on the …

Adversity history predicts self-reported autonomic reactivity and mental health in US residents during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Kolacz, LP Dale, EJ Nix, OK Roath, GF Lewis… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: The spread of the COVID-19 virus presents an unprecedented event that
rapidly introduced widespread life threat, economic destabilization, and social isolation. The …

Thinking about the next generation: The case for a mentalization‐informed approach to perinatal and intergenerational mental health

A MacBeth, H Christie, L Golds… - Psychology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background There has been substantial progress made across multiple disciplines to
emphasize the importance of perinatal mental health both for parents and offspring. This …

Intrinsic and extrinsic factors predicting infant sleep: Moving beyond main effects

M Camerota, CB Propper, DM Teti - Developmental Review, 2019 - Elsevier
Sleep patterns change dramatically across the earliest years of life and play an important
role in children's daytime functioning. As a result, psychological research has taken an …