How to Measure Prenatal Stress? A Systematic Review of Psychometric Instruments to Assess Psychosocial Stress during Pregnancy

Nast, Irina; Bolten, Margarete; Meinlschmidt, Gunther; H. Hellhammer, Dirk

doi:10.1111/ppe.12051

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How to Measure Prenatal Stress? A Systematic Review of Psychometric Instruments to Assess Psychosocial Stress during Pregnancy

Published in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology • Apr 25, 2013

Authors:

Irina Nast

Margarete Bolten

Gunther Meinlschmidt

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A growing body of literature documents associations of maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy with fetal, infant and child behaviour and development. However, findings across studies are often inconsistent, which may in part be due to differences in stress definitions and assessme...

Subject

Psychosocial

Anxiety

Medicine

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