Funded by NICHD
PI: Curt Sandman
CoPIs: Chris Dunkel Schetter, Calvin Hobel
Project Coordinator/CoInv: Laura Glynn

Interviews

Selected Publications

2014

Kane,S., Dunkel Schetter, C., Glynn, L. M., Hobel, C. J., & Sandman, C. A. (2014). Pregnancy anxiety and prenatal cortisol trajectories. Biological Psychology, 100, 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.04.003 PMID: 24769094 PMCID: PMC4170592 View file: 

2013

Hahn-Holbrook, J., Haselton, M. G., Dunkel Schetter, C., & Glynn, L. M. (2013). Does  breastfeeding offer protection against maternal depressive symptomatology?:                                      A prospective study from pregnancy to 2 years after birth. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 16(5), 411-422. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-013-0348-9 View file: 

Hilmert, C. J., Dominguez, T. P., Schetter, C. D., Srinivas, S. K., Glynn, L. M., Hobel, C. J., & Sandman, C. A. (2013). Lifetime racism and blood pressure changes during pregnancy: Implications for fetal growth. Health Psychology, 33(1), 43-51. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0031160 PMID: 23379383 View file: 

2012

Tanner Stapelton, L. R., Dunkel Schetter, C.,Westling, E., Rini, C., Glynn, L. M., Hobel, C. J., & Sandman, C. A. (2012). Perceived partner support in pregnancy predicts lower maternal and infant distress. Journal of Family Psychology 26(3), 453-463. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028332 View file: 

2011

Okun, M., Dunkel Schetter, C., & Glynn, L. M. (2011). Poor sleep quality is associated with preterm birth. Sleep, 34(11), 1493-1498. https://doi.org/10.5665/sleep.1384, PMID: 22043120 View file: 

2010

Abdou,C.M., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Campos, B., Hilmert,C. J., Parker Dominguez, T., Hobel, C. J., Glynn, L. M., & Sandman, C. (2010). Communalism predicts prenatal affect, stress, and physiology better than ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(3), 395-403. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019808
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Yim, I. S., Glynn, L.M., Dunkel Schetter, C., Hobel, C. J., Chicz-DeMet, A., & Sandman, C. A. (2010). Prenatal β-endorphin as an early predictor of postpartum depressive symptoms in euthymic women. Journal of Affective Disorders, 125, 128-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2009.12.009 View file: 

2009

Yim, I. S., Glynn, L. M., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Hobel, C. J., Chicz-DeMet, A., & Sandman, C. A., (2009). Elevated corticotropin-releasing hormone in human pregnancy increases the risk of postpartum depressive symptoms. General Archives of Psychiatry, 66(2), 162-169. https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.533 View file: 

2008

Dominguez, T. P., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Glynn, L. M., Hobel, C. J., & Sandman, C. A.          (2008).  Racial differences in birth outcomes: The role of general, pregnancy, and racism stress. Health Psychology, 27(2), 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.27.2.194
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Glynn L. M., Dunkel-Schetter C., Hobel C. J., & Sandman C. (2008). Pattern of perceived stress and anxiety in pregnancy predicts preterm birth. Health Psychology, 27(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.27.1.43 View file: 

Hilmert, C. J., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Parker Dominguez, T., Abdou, C., Hobel, C. J., Glynn, L. M., & Sandman, C. A. (2008). Stress and blood pressure during pregnancy:                          Racial differences and associations with birthweight. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70(1), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815c6d96 View file: 

Ellman, L. M., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Hobel, C. J., Chicz-DeMet, A., Glynn, L. M., & Sandman, C. A. (2008). Timing of fetal exposure to stress hormones: Effects on newborn physical and neuromuscular maturation. Developmental Psychobiology, 50(3), 232-241. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.20293 View file: 

Campos, B., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Abdou, C. M., Hobel, C.J., Glynn, L. M., & Sandman, C. A. (2008). Familism, social support, and stress: Positive implications for pregnant                      Latinas. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14(2), 155-162.  https://doi.org/10.1037/1099-9809.14.2.155 View file: 

2007

Glynn, L. M., Davis E. P., Dunkel-Schetter C, Chicz-DeMet A., Hobel, C. J., & Sandman, C. A.(2007). Postnatal maternal cortisol levels predict temperament in healthy breastfed                infants. Early Human Development, 83(10), 675-681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.01.003 View file: 

Davis, E. P., Glynn, L. M., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Hobel, C. J., Chicz-Demet, A., & Sandman, C. A. (2007). Prenatal exposure to maternal depression and cortisol influences infant                          temperament. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 46(6), 737-746. https://doi.org/10.1097/chi.0b013e318047b775 View file: 

Glynn, L. M., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Chicz-DeMet, A., Hobel, C. J., & Sandman, C. A. (2007). Ethnic differences in adrenocorticotropic hormone, cortisol and corticotropin-releasing hormone during pregnancy. Peptides, 28(6), 1155-1161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2007.04.005 View file: 

2006

Rini, C. M., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Hobel, C. J., Glynn, L. M., & Sandman, C. A. (2006). Effective social support: Antecedents and consequences of partner support during pregnancy.          Personal Relationships, 13(2), 207-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00114.x View file: 

Sandman, C. A., Glynn, L. M., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Wadhwa, P., Garite, T., Chicz-DeMet, A., & Hobel, C. J. (2006). Elevated maternal cortisol early in pregnancy predicts third trimester levels of placental corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH): Priming the placental clock. Peptides, 2, 1457-1463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2005.10.002
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