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Behavioral and physiological stress responses: Within-person concordance during pregnancy.

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Vlisides-Henry, RD; Deboeck, PR; Grill-Velasquez, W; Mackey, S; Ramadurai, DKA; Urry, JO; Neff, D; Terrell, S; Gao, MM; Thomas, LR; Conradt, E ...
Published in: Biol Psychol
February 2021

During pregnancy, a woman's emotions can have longstanding implications for both her own and her child's health. Within-person emotional concordance refers to the simultaneous measurement of emotional responses across multiple levels of analysis. This method may provide insight into how pregnant women experience emotions in response to stress. We enrolled 162 pregnant women and assessed concordance through autonomic physiology (electrodermal activity [EDA], respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA]), and coded behavior (Prosocial, Flight, Displacement) during the Trier Social Stress Test-Speech. We used multilevel models to examine behavioral-physiological concordance and whether self-reported emotion dysregulation moderated these effects. Participants exhibited EDA-Prosocial concordance, suggesting that prosocial behavior may be a marker of stress. Emotion dysregulation did not moderate concordance. These findings provide novel information about behavioral coping to stress in pregnancy. Given the importance of observed behavior in the maintenance and treatment of psychopathology, these findings may provide a launchpad for future perinatal intervention research.

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Biol Psychol

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1873-6246

Publication Date

February 2021

Volume

159

Start / End Page

108027

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Physiological
  • Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
  • Pregnant Women
  • Pregnancy
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • Child
  • Adaptation, Psychological
 

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Vlisides-Henry, R. D., Deboeck, P. R., Grill-Velasquez, W., Mackey, S., Ramadurai, D. K. A., Urry, J. O., … Crowell, S. E. (2021). Behavioral and physiological stress responses: Within-person concordance during pregnancy. Biol Psychol, 159, 108027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108027
Vlisides-Henry, Robert D., Pascal R. Deboeck, Wendy Grill-Velasquez, Shantavia Mackey, Dinesh K. A. Ramadurai, Joshua O. Urry, Dylan Neff, et al. “Behavioral and physiological stress responses: Within-person concordance during pregnancy.Biol Psychol 159 (February 2021): 108027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108027.
Vlisides-Henry RD, Deboeck PR, Grill-Velasquez W, Mackey S, Ramadurai DKA, Urry JO, et al. Behavioral and physiological stress responses: Within-person concordance during pregnancy. Biol Psychol. 2021 Feb;159:108027.
Vlisides-Henry, Robert D., et al. “Behavioral and physiological stress responses: Within-person concordance during pregnancy.Biol Psychol, vol. 159, Feb. 2021, p. 108027. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108027.
Vlisides-Henry RD, Deboeck PR, Grill-Velasquez W, Mackey S, Ramadurai DKA, Urry JO, Neff D, Terrell S, Gao MM, Thomas LR, Conradt E, Crowell SE. Behavioral and physiological stress responses: Within-person concordance during pregnancy. Biol Psychol. 2021 Feb;159:108027.
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Published In

Biol Psychol

DOI

EISSN

1873-6246

Publication Date

February 2021

Volume

159

Start / End Page

108027

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Physiological
  • Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
  • Pregnant Women
  • Pregnancy
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • Child
  • Adaptation, Psychological