Psychological distress and salivary cortisol covary within persons during pregnancy

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dc.contributor.authorGiesbrecht, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Travis
dc.contributor.authorLetourneau, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorKooistra, Libbe
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, Bonnie
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-23T23:17:03Z
dc.date.available2015-09-23T23:17:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionAuthor's accepted manuscript deposited according to Elsevier sharing policies http://www.elsevier.com/about/company-information/policies/policy-faq September 23, 2015.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe mechanisms whereby maternal stress during pregnancy exerts organizational effects on fetal development require elaboration. The aim of this study was to assess the plausibility of cortisol as a biological link between maternal psychological distress during pregnancy and fetal development. Previous research has resulted in equivocal findings for between-persons differences in stress and cortisol. Ecological Momentary Assessment was used to simultaneously assess mood and cortisol 5 times daily for 3 days in 83 women (gestational ages 6 - 37 weeks). Results from multilevel analysis indicated a robust within-person association between negative mood and cortisol. For each 1.0% increase in negative mood there was a corresponding 1.9% increase in cortisol. This association was unaffected by advancing gestational age. The results suggest that cortisol is a plausible biological mechanism for transducing the effects of maternal psychological distress during pregnancy to fetal development.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAlberta Innovates-Health Solutions; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Instituteen_US
dc.identifier.citationGiesbrecht, G. F., Campbell, T., Letourneau, N., Kooistra, L., Kaplan, B., & APrON Study Team. (2012). Psychological distress and salivary cortisol covary within persons during pregnancy. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(2), 270-279.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.06.011
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33651
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/50991
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPsychoneuroendocrinologyen_US
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgary
dc.publisher.departmentPaediatricsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyCumming School of Medicineen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306453011001806en_US
dc.rightsAttribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectCortisolen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.titlePsychological distress and salivary cortisol covary within persons during pregnancyen_US
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplinePaediatrics
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