Research that identifies and quantifies the causal pathways and mechanisms whereby social disadvantage leads to higher risks of IUGR and preterm birth may eventually help to reduce current disparities and improve pregnancy outcome across the entire socio-economic spectrum.
Neither maternal plasma CRH, hair cortisol, nor placental histopathologic features of infection/inflammation, infarction, or maternal vasculopathy were significantly associated with pregnancy-related anxiety or any other stress or distress measure, suggesting the biologic pathways underlying stress-induced preterm birth remain poorly understood.
The associations between intrinsic and identified motivations and outcomes of psychological well-being and academic performance are compared in educational settings and results indicate the need to address important distinctions between intrinsically and identified regulations.
It is found that the effects of oxytocin were moderated by the attachment representations people possess, with less anxiously attached individuals remembering their mother as more caring and close after oxytoc in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover designed study.
This work addresses the issue of how intimates regulate their esteem needs about their relationships and still function effectively, without risking later regret and disappointment, by first reviewing work showing that because bias and accuracy are independent, they can co-exist.
This research highlighted that relational or attachment models can be considered global and specific representational structures, reflecting relational and individual differences.
Improved understanding of the factors and processes that mediate social disparities in preterm birth should help not only in developing strategies to reduce the disparities but also in suggesting preventive interventions applicable across the entire socio-economic spectrum.
Overall, mind-set interacted with forecasts to predict relationship survival, and forecasts were more accurate in a deliberative mind-sets than in an implemental mind- set.
Gender interacted with the attachment prime, such that men primed with a secure relationship reported higher agency than did men primedWith an avoidant (dis-missive or fearful) relationship, whereas women primed with an anxious (preoccupied or fearful).
High (above the median) plasma homocysteine and HDL cholesterol were significantly and independently associated with the risk of spontaneous pre term birth and similar vasculopathic risk factors may underlie preterm birth and adult coronary heart disease and stroke.