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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"maternal stress"”.
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Parenting a Chronically Ill Child: Social Support, Coping, Family Hardiness, and Maternal Stress
… of children with cancer experience higher stress than parents of children with other medical conditions or with no developmental concerns (Canam, 1993; Cohen, 1999). Researchers are beginning to explore a number of protective factors that may influence parental stress in parents of children …
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Maternal employment : exploring the relationship between maternal stress, child factors and daily routines
… the relationship between working mothers' stress level and two child characteristics, gender and temperament, in addition to the daily routines of the mothers, in an attempt to ascertain why working mothers are stressed. Studies of maternal employment have demonstrated that working mothers …
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Impact of a NICU Bedside Reading Initiative on Self-Reported Maternal Stress and Mother-Infant Attachment
… with an array of medical and psychosocial stressors that have the potential to impact neurodevelopment and social-emotional functioning in both the long-and short-term. Research has demonstrated the importance of family-integrated, developmental care interventions and a need for supportive …
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Impact of prenatal maternal stress on infant cognition and modifications of effects by exposure to phthalates
Recent literature has shown that maternal exposures to both chemical and non-chemical stressors during gestation are risk factors for adverse neurodevelopment. However, there is little evidence on the impact of these, individually or in combination, on cognitive development during the first year of …
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Maternal stress signature and infant neurodevelopment: determining the beneficial effects of human milk oligosaccharides - an in vitro study
… in breast milk, but they can also be found in maternal blood during pregnancy, foetal cord blood and amniotic fluid, indicating that HMOs may play a role before birth. Their role during pregnancy has yet to be fully understood, but potential functions include foetal neurodevelopment and the …
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"Just Take It Off the Plate": a Syndemic Model of Low Breastfeeding Rates and Maternal Stress in South Alabama
… in South Alabama: low rates of breastfeeding and maternal stress. In the discussion, we introduce a syndemic model of low breastfeeding rates and maternal stress to illustrate how infant feeding decisions are made at the intersection of harmful, institutional policies and health inequities.
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The Roles of Social Status, Maternal Stress, and Parental Investment in Modulation of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Interrenal Axis Function in Teleost Fish
In teleost fish, the main glucocorticoid stress hormone, cortisol, is released via the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) axis. This thesis examined the premise that social status, maternal experience, and reproductive status affect HPI axis function in fish. Social stress in juvenile rainbow …
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Perceptions of Maternal Stress and Neonatal Patient Outcomes in a Single Private Room versus Open Room Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Environment.
… health outcomes for the high risk neonate and on maternal stress as compared to the open room design. The study purpose was to examine whether a difference exists in health outcomes in the open room versus single private room NICU environment. The factors considered were weight gain, ventilator …
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Effects of Maternal Stress and Cortisol Treatment on Offspring Anxiety Behaviour and Stress Responses In Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
In fish, maternal stress prior to spawn has been reported to have effects on offspring phenotype. Cortisol, the main glucocorticoid (GC) stress hormone, has been proposed as a potential mediator of such effects because of its organizational role in early teleost development. The present thesis …
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Developmental Effects of Cortisol on the Stress Response and Behaviour in Zebrafish
… objective of the study was to determine whether maternal stress affects early development in zebrafish (Danio rerio). The hypothesis was that maternal stress will lead to excess cortisol deposition in the embryos, and this will compromise the larval stress response and locomotor activity. …
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Stress and coping in mothers of children with developmental disabilities across the lifespan.
Maternal stress associated with providing care at home for a son/daughter with a developmental disability was investigated using a cross-sectional design. Respondents included 186 mothers whose offspring ranged in age from 5 to 53 years. New measures were created to assess the contribution of …
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The Effect of Mindfulness on Stress in Mothers of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Emotion Regulation Framework
… are more likely to experience higher levels of stress, and adaptive emotion regulation strategies, such as mindfulness and acceptance, may decrease stress among parents of children with ASD. Research has shown that mindfulness-based interventions reduce perceived stress among parents of …
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The relationship between maternal stress and mothers' perceptions of their preschool children's social behaviors: A cross-cultural study of immigrant Korean mothers in the United States and Korean mothers in Korea.
… of the study was to investigate the impact of maternal stress as it relates to the mothers' perceived social behaviors of their preschool children in both immigrant Korean families in the US and Korean families in Korea. The subjects included 49 immigrant Korean mothers in the US and 52 Korean …
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Association of Maternal Cumulative Risk during Pregnancy and IQ in Preschoolers: Role of Glucocorticoids and their Receptors
… which lead to chronic, elevated levels of stress. Constant elevations of maternal stress hormones during pregnancy disrupt developing fetal brain chemistry and architecture, resulting in later memory and learning deficiencies. While we know that the quality of the fetal environment and the …
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Cortisol in Middle Childhood: Associations with Genetic Polymorphisms and Early Environmental Risk
<p>Early life stress is known to have an enduring impact on individuals’ health trajectories, however, some show greater resiliency to early life stress than others. The exploration of candidate genes and gene-environment interactions may be one promising window on risk versus resilience …
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Neonatal intensive care unit environmental stressors: towards developing a stress alleviating model for mothers nursing sick neonates in Lusaka - Zambia.
… to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a stressful and unexpected event to most parents. This study aimed at developing a stress alleviation model after identifying stressors and their associated factors in mothers nursing babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Women and New …
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A prospective study on the influence of stress, social support and coping on birth outcomes and depressive symptomology during pregnancy and the postpartum
… and difficulties conceptualizing and measuring maternal stress. As well, variables such as social support and coping styles during pregnancy which may have an influence on birth outcomes and depressed mood have not received adequate empirical attention. Using a multidimensional approach to …
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Perceptions of Care During the Prenatal Period: An Ethnonursing Study of African American Childbearing Women in the Military Health System
… the military reinforced PNC beliefs, decreased maternal stress, and promoted expectant fathers’ participation in PNC. Discussion: Women experienced positive prenatal care experiences when they had continuity of care and a circle of support. Recommendations for care that is culturally congruent …
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A Preliminary Investigation into Orofacial Clefts in the Central and Western Regions of Saudi Arabia
… assessed through measuring the distribution of maternal genotypes and alleles according to exposure/no-exposure environmental factors. <br/>Results: The prevalence of NSOFC in government hospitals in the Western and Central regions of Saudi Arabia was 1.17/1000 births. <br/>Environmental risk …
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