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Maternal Stress

Maternal Stress is a psychological condition characterized by the experience of heightened emotional and physiological strain during pregnancy or the postpartum period, distinguished by its specific occurrence in relation to the challenges and transitions associated with motherhood.

11.1K

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2017–2026

3.6K

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11.1K

Maternal Care, Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptors, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Stress

Dong Liu, Josie Diorio, Beth Tannenbaum et al. · Science · 1997 · 3.2K citations

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Rates and risk of postpartum depression—a meta-analysis

Michael W. O’Hara, Annette Swain · International Review of Psychiatry · 1996 · 3.2K citations

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The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

Julia Wrigley, Sharon Hays · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1997 · 2.8K citations

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The adaptive significance of maternal effects

Timothy A. Mousseau · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1998 · 2K citations

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Nongenomic Transmission Across Generations of Maternal Behavior and Stress Responses in the Rat

Darlene Francis, Josie Diorio, Dong Liu et al. · Science · 1999 · 2K citations

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Authors

31.8K

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    Vivette Glover

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    52 publications · 10.2K citations

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  2. CA
    Curt A. Sandman

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    53 publications · 10.7K citations

    40

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  3. SA
    Susan Ayers

    City, University of London, United Kingdom

    55 publications · 5K citations

    37

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  4. SK
    Suzanne King

    McGill University, Canada

    52 publications · 4.5K citations

    35

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  5. CD
    Christine Dunkel Schetter

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    53 publications · 4.8K citations

    34

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Institutions

5.9K

  1. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    72 h-index

    430 publications

    46K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    67 h-index

    441 publications

    29K citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    64 h-index

    417 publications

    33.8K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    64 h-index

    352 publications

    26.3K citations

  5. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    63 h-index

    333 publications

    42.8K citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    61 h-index

    355 publications

    36.3K citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    61 h-index

    321 publications

    33K citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    60 h-index

    398 publications

    30.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Affective Disorders

    283 publications · 21.7K citations

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  2. Archives of Women s Mental Health

    265 publications · 18.9K citations

    77

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  3. Psychoneuroendocrinology

    177 publications · 13.3K citations

    66

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  4. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

    217 publications · 12.3K citations

    62

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  5. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

    161 publications · 10.4K citations

    58

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