Selected Publications
Rinne, G.R., Guardino, C.M., Soriano, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2024). Chronic stress and hair cortisol concentration in mothers: A two-study investigation. Stress and Health, e3493. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3493
Brown, J. A., Robles, T. F., Labao, J., Soriano, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2024). Microaggressions among staff in higher education: Examining differences by social identities, and the association with job satisfaction. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2024.2406491
Rinne, G.R., Barclay, M., Somers, J.A., Mahrer, N.E., Shalowitz, M.U., Ramey, S.L., Dunkel Schetter, C., Lee, S.S. (2024). Developmental cascades from maternal preconception stress to child behavior problems: Testing multi-level preconception, prenatal, and postnatal influences. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001728. (Publicly available 2025)
Rinne, G. R., Podosin, M., Mahrer, N. E., Shalowitz, M. U., Ramey, S. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2024). Prospective associations of prenatal stress with child behavior: Moderation by the early childhood caregiving environment. Development and Psychopathology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579424000920
Almeida, I. F., Rinne, G. R., Coussons-Read, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2024). Placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone trajectories in pregnancy: Associations with postpartum depressive symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 164, 107030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107030
Brown, J. A., Wilson, P. A., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2023). Sexual socialization experiences and perceived effects on sexual and reproductive health in young African American women. Sex Roles, 90, 82-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-023-01435-0
Rinne, G. R., Carroll, J. E., Guardino, C. M., Shalowitz, M. U., Ramey, S. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2023). Parental preconception posttraumatic stress symptoms and maternal prenatal inflammation prospectively predict shorter telomere length in children. Psychosomatic Medicine, 86(5), 410-421. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001241 PMID: 37594236 PMCID: PMC10879462
Ponting, C., Ong, E., Dunkel Schetter, C., & Chavira, D. A. (2023). Exposure therapy acceptability among pregnant Latinas with anxiety: A qualitative content analysis. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000589 PMID: 37166932 PMCID: PMC10638461
Julian, M., Somers, J. A., Dunkel Schetter, C., & Guardino, C. M. (2023). Resilience resources, life stressors, and postpartum depressive symptoms in a community sample of low and middle-income Black, Latina, and White mothers. Stress and Health, 40, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3275 PMID: 37220227 PMCID: PMC10665547
Rinne, G. R., Hartstein, J., Guardino, C. M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2023). Stress before conception and during pregnancy and maternal cortisol during pregnancy: A scoping review. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 153, Article 106115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106115 PMID: 37119659 PMCID: PMC10936734
Ross, K. M., Mander, H., Rinne, G., Okun, M., Hobel, C., Coussons-Read, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2023). Pregnancy-specific anxiety and gestational length: The mediating role of diurnal cortisol indices. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 153, Article 106114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106114 PMID: 37084672 PMCID: PMC10952551
Rinne, G. R., Mahrer, N. E., Guardino, C. M., Shalowitz, M. U., Ramey, S. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2023). Childhood family stress modifies the association between perinatal stressful life events and depressive symptoms. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(4), 432–442. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001076 PMID: 36996242 PMCID: PMC10238650
Méndez Leal, A.S., Silvers, J.A., Carroll, J.E., Cole, S.W., Ross, K.M, Ramey, S. L., Shalowitz, M.U., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2023) Maternal early life stress is associated with pro-inflammatory processes during pregnancy. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 109, 285–291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2022.10.012 PMID: 36280180 PMCID: PMC10035632 NIHMSID: NIHMS1878386
Barclay, M. E., Rinne, G. R., Somers, A., Hobel, C. Coussons-Read, M., Lee, S. S., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022) Maternal early life adversity and infant stress regulation: Intergenerational associations and meditation by maternal prenatal mental health. Special issue Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51, 1839–1855. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01006-z PMID: 36508054 PMCID: PMC10258218 NIHMSID: NIHMS1879845
Dunkel Schetter, C., Rahal, D., Ponting, C., Julian, M., Ramos, I., Hobel, C. J., & Coussons-Read, M. (2022). Anxiety in pregnancy and length of gestation: Findings from the Healthy Babies Before Birth study. Health Psychology, 41(12), 894–903. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001210 PMID: 36154104 PMCID: PMC9885848
Carroll, J. E., Price, J. E., Brown,, Bamishigbin, O., Shalowitz, M. U., Ramey, S., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Lifetime discrimination in low to middle income mothers and cellular aging: A prospective analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 311, Article 115356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115356 PMID: 36122526
Guardino, C. M., Rahal, Rinne, G. R., Mahrer, N. E., Davis E. P., Shalowitz, E., Ramey, S. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Maternal stress and mental health before pregnancy and offspring diurnal cortisol in early childhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 64(7), Article e22314. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22314 PMID: 36282760 PMCID: PMC10111814
Rinne, G. R., Somers, J. A., Ramos, I. F., Ross, K. M., Coussons-Read, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Increases in maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and infant cortisol reactivity: Mediation by placental corticotropin-releasing hormone. Development and Psychopathology, 34(5), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579422000621 PMID: 35983792 PMCID: PMC9938842
Ramos, I. F., Ross, K. M., Rinne, G. R., Somers, J. A., Mancuso, R. A., Hobel, C.J., Coussons-Read, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Pregnancy anxiety, placental corticotropin-releasing hormone and length of gestation. Biological Psychology, 172, Article https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108376 PMID: 35667479 PMCID: PMC10022399
Ramos, I. F., Campos, B., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Pregnancy anxiety and beliefs surrounding motherhood in Latinas: A qualitative study. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 10(4), 277–290. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000208 PMID: 36875871 PMCID: PMC9983568
Rinne, R., Davis, E. P., Mahrer, N. E., Guardino, C. M., Charalel, J. M., Shalowitz, M. U., Ramey, S. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Maternal depressive symptom trajectories from preconception through postpartum: Associations with offspring developmental outcomes in early childhood. Journal of Affective Disorders, 309, 105–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.116 PMID: 35461817 PMCID: PMC10024939 Press release: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/pregnant-mothers-depression-linked-to-childrens-behavioral-risk