2022
Early life adversity and males: Biology, behavior, and implications for fathers’ parenting
Condon EM, Dettmer A, Baker E, McFaul C, Stover CS. Early life adversity and males: Biology, behavior, and implications for fathers’ parenting. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2022, 135: 104531. PMID: 35063493, PMCID: PMC9236197, DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life adversityFathers' parentingLife adversityNon-human animal literatureEffects of ELANeurocognitive functioningChild developmentAnimal literatureLittle empirical researchParentingUnique influenceIntergenerational transmissionIntervention developmentBehavioral pathwaysFuture researchAdversityEmpirical researchConceptual modelGene-environment interactionsFathersEmpirical studyHormone receptorsNeurobiologyFunctioningMales
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