Pregnancy-specific stress and sensitive caregiving during the transition to motherhood in adolescents

• Main Authors: Pamela Scorza (Author), Emily C. Merz (Author), Marisa Spann (Author), Emily Steinberg (Author), Tianshu Feng (Author), Seonjoo Lee (Author), Elizabeth Werner (Author), Bradley S. Peterson (Author), Catherine Monk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal prenatal stress is associated with worse socio-emotional outcomes in offspring throughout childhood. However, the association between prenatal stress and later caregiving sensitivity is not well understood, despite the significant role that caregiving quality plays in ch...