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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Christine Dunkel Schetter is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with notable focus areas including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Social Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Christine Dunkel Schetter has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (9 publications)
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity (4 publications)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (4 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (4 publications)
  • Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (3 publications)

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Christine Dunkel Schetter include:

  • "Maternal anxiety, depression and stress affects offspring gut microbiome diversity and bifidobacterial abundances," 2022, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Psychological interventions for depression and anxiety in pregnant Latina and Black women in the United States: A systematic review," 2020, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • "Postpartum sleep loss and accelerated epigenetic aging," 2021, Sleep Health
  • "Epigenetic age and pregnancy outcomes: GrimAge acceleration is associated with shorter gestational length and lower birthweight," 2020, Clinical Epigenetics
  • "The moderating role of resilience resources in the association between stressful life events and symptoms of postpartum depression," 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christine Dunkel Schetter include:

  • Mary Coussons-Read (19 collaborations)
  • Gabrielle R. Rinne (18 collaborations)
  • Christine M. Guardino (18 collaborations)
  • Calvin J. Hobel (14 collaborations)
  • Kharah M. Ross (13 collaborations)

The award of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) was granted in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Medicare's search for effective obesity treatments: diets are not the answer.

    Traci Mann;A. Janet Tomiyama;Erika Westling;Ann Marie Lew

  • Anxiety, depression and stress in pregnancy: implications for mothers, children, research, and practice.

    Christine Dunkel Schetter;Lynlee Tanner

  • Psychological Science on Pregnancy: Stress Processes, Biopsychosocial Models, and Emerging Research Issues

    Christine Dunkel Schetter

  • Prenatal exposure to maternal depression and cortisol influences infant temperament.

    Elysia Poggi Davis;Laura M. Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Calvin Hobel

  • Biological and Psychosocial Predictors of Postpartum Depression: Systematic Review and Call for Integration

    Ilona S. Yim;Lynlee R. Tanner Stapleton;Christine M. Guardino;Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook;Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook

  • Elevated maternal cortisol early in pregnancy predicts third trimester levels of placental corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH): priming the placental clock.

    Curt A. Sandman;Laura Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Pathik Wadhwa

  • Perceived partner support in pregnancy predicts lower maternal and infant distress.

    Lynlee R. Tanner Stapleton;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Erika Westling;Christine Rini

  • Close Relationship Processes and Health: Implications of Attachment Theory for Health and Disease

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Bert Uchino;Christine Dunkel Schetter

  • Familism and psychological health: the intervening role of closeness and social support.

    Belinda Campos;Jodie B. Ullman;Adrian Aguilera;Christine Dunkel Schetter

  • Pattern of perceived stress and anxiety in pregnancy predicts preterm birth.

    Laura M. Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Calvin J. Hobel;Curt A. Sandman

  • Maternal prenatal anxiety and corticotropin-releasing hormone associated with timing of delivery.

    Roberta A. Mancuso;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Christine M. Rini;Scott C. Roesch

  • Familialism, Social Support, and Stress: Positive Implications for Pregnant Latinas

    Belinda Campos;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Cleopatra M. Abdou;Calvin J. Hobel

  • Prenatal Maternal Anxiety and Depression Predict Negative Behavioral Reactivity in Infancy

    Elysia Poggi Davis;Nancy Snidman;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Laura M. Glynn

  • Effective social support: Antecedents and consequences of partner support during pregnancy

    Christine Marie Rini;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Calvin J. Hobel;Laura M. Glynn

  • Prenatal depression and adverse birth outcomes: an updated systematic review.

    Eynav Elgavish Accortt;Alyssa C. D. Cheadle;Christine Dunkel Schetter

  • Coping during pregnancy: a systematic review and recommendations

    Christine M. Guardino;Christine Dunkel Schetter

  • Resilience in the Context of Chronic Stress and Health in Adults.

    Christine Dunkel Schetter;Christyn Dolbier

  • Poor sleep quality is associated with preterm birth.

    Michele L. Okun;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Laura M. Glynn;Laura M. Glynn

  • Poor sleep quality increases symptoms of depression and anxiety in postpartum women

    Michele L Okun;Roberta A Mancuso;Roberta A Mancuso;Calvin J Hobel;Calvin J Hobel;Christine Dunkel Schetter

  • Risk of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms With Elevated Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Human Pregnancy

    Ilona S. Yim;Laura M. Glynn;Christine Dunkel Schetter;Calvin J. Hobel

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura M. Glynn
Laura M. Glynn Chapman University
Curt A. Sandman
Curt A. Sandman University of California, Irvine
Elysia Poggi Davis
Elysia Poggi Davis University of Denver
Darby E. Saxbe
Darby E. Saxbe University of Southern California
Emma K. Adam
Emma K. Adam Northwestern University
Theodore F. Robles
Theodore F. Robles University of California, Los Angeles
Denise A. Chavira
Denise A. Chavira University of California, Los Angeles
Hector F. Myers
Hector F. Myers Vanderbilt University
Marci Lobel
Marci Lobel Stony Brook University
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles

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