Publications by authors named "A S Badura-Brack"
Background: Smoking in pregnancy continues to cause significant morbidity to mothers and babies and contributes to tremendous costs to society. Maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) may differentiate smokers who quit or pregnant smokers from non-smokers. Researchers have recommended utilizing interventions that improve MFA to help decrease smoking within pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman placental lactogen (human chorionic somatomammotropin) and oxytocin during pregnancy: Individual patterns and associations with maternal-fetal attachment, anxiety, and depression.
Horm Behav
July 2024
Previous studies support links among maternal-fetal attachment, psychological symptoms, and hormones during pregnancy and the post-partum period. Other studies connect maternal feelings and behaviors to oxytocin and suggest that an increase in oxytocin during pregnancy may prime maternal-fetal attachment. To date, researchers have not examined a possible association between maternal-fetal attachment with human placental lactogen although animal models are suggestive.
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- The study aimed to evaluate how using 3D-printed models compared to 3D-printed pictures affects parental attachment to the fetus, as well as anxiety and depression levels during the third trimester of pregnancy.
- Conducted as a randomized controlled trial at a university-affiliated hospital, the study included 184 participants (95 women and 89 men) who completed questionnaires before and after receiving 3D ultrasonography.
- Results showed significant increases in maternal and paternal attachment scores, along with decreased levels of depression, general anxiety, and pregnancy-related anxiety, although there were no notable differences between the two groups regarding these outcomes.
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused massive disruptions to daily life in the United States, closing schools and businesses and increasing physical and social isolation, leading to deteriorations in mental health and well-being in people of all ages. Many studies have linked chronic stress with long-term changes in cortisol secretion, which has been implicated in many stress-related physical and mental health problems that commonly emerge in adolescence. However, the physiological consequences of the pandemic in youth remain understudied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Trait dissociation has not been examined from a structural human brain mapping perspective in healthy adults or children. Non-pathological dissociation shares some features with daydreaming and mind-wandering, but also involves subtle disruptions in affect and autobiographical memory.
Aims: To identify neurostructural biomarkers of trait dissociation in healthy children.