The association between prenatal stress and infant birth weight and gestational age at birth: a prospective investigation
PD Wadhwa, CA Sandman, M Porto… - American journal of …, 1993 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to test a model of the influence of maternal prenatal psychosocial
stress on birth outcomes after controlling for biomedical risk. STUDY DESIGN: In a
prospective study a sociodemographically homogeneous sample of 90 women was
assessed during the third trimester with standard, reliable questionnaires that measured
episodic and chronic stress, strain (response to stress), and pregnancy-related anxiety. Birth
outcomes included infant birth weight, gestational age at birth, and intrapartum …
stress on birth outcomes after controlling for biomedical risk. STUDY DESIGN: In a
prospective study a sociodemographically homogeneous sample of 90 women was
assessed during the third trimester with standard, reliable questionnaires that measured
episodic and chronic stress, strain (response to stress), and pregnancy-related anxiety. Birth
outcomes included infant birth weight, gestational age at birth, and intrapartum …