2018
The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence
Stover CS, Choi MJ, Mayes LC. The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence. Children And Youth Services Review 2018, 94: 679-688. PMID: 31680710, PMCID: PMC6824549, DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.09.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildhood maltreatmentPrenatal drug exposureIntimate partner violenceChildhood abuse exposureLarger longitudinal studyStandard followDrug exposurePercent of femalesHigh riskSignificant associationAbuse exposureChildhood maltreatment experiencesPrevention effortsEarly exposureIdentification of factorsLongitudinal studyRegression modelingChildhood abuseSignificant main effectMale adolescentsAdolescentsHierarchical regression modelingAssociationIntervention effortsSelf-report measures
2015
Expectant Mothers Maximizing Opportunities: Maternal Characteristics Moderate Multifactorial Prenatal Stress in the Prediction of Birth Weight in a Sample of Children Adopted at Birth
Brotnow L, Reiss D, Stover CS, Ganiban J, Leve LD, Neiderhiser JM, Shaw DS, Stevens HE. Expectant Mothers Maximizing Opportunities: Maternal Characteristics Moderate Multifactorial Prenatal Stress in the Prediction of Birth Weight in a Sample of Children Adopted at Birth. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0141881. PMID: 26544958, PMCID: PMC4636431, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal stressSample of childrenMultidimensional theoretical modelHierarchical regression modelingHierarchical regression modelsObjective stressorsDistress measuresChild developmentEffects of stressMaternal personal characteristicsSocial supportMothers' stressProtective factorsPersonal characteristicsDistressStressorsCross-sectional dataMaternal characteristicsRisk factorsAdoption studiesHigher SESBirth mothersEnvironmental risk factorsTheoretical modelPregnancy complications