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Gerald F. Giesbrecht

Gerald F. Giesbrecht

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Psychology

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41
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6289
World Ranking
7961
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535

Overview

Gerald F. Giesbrecht is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and focuses on medicine and psychology in their research. Their work spans several main fields of study, including Medicine and Psychology, with specific attention to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Clinical Psychology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Social Psychology.

Their research covers a range of topics, notably Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Birth, Development, and Health, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Infant Development and Preterm Care, and the COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction.

Recent published papers authored or co-authored by Gerald F. Giesbrecht include:

  • Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), published in the Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Depression and anxiety in pregnancy during COVID-19: A rapid review and meta-analysis (2021), published in Psychiatry Research
  • Fear of COVID-19, mental health, and pregnancy outcomes in the pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic study (2021), published in the Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Associations among Caesarean Section Birth, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Postpartum Depression Symptoms (2022), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Depressed mood and anxiety as risk factors for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020), published in Psychological Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerald F. Giesbrecht include:

  • Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen
  • Catherine Lebel
  • Nicole Létourneau
  • Deborah Dewey
  • Anna MacKinnon

The scientist's work has been published extensively in the following venues:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Developmental Psychobiology
  • Environment International
  • BMJ Open

Best Publications

  • Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Catherine Lebel;Catherine Lebel;Anna MacKinnon;Mercedes Bagshawe;Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

  • A Latent Variable Approach to Determining the Structure of Executive Function in Preschool Children

    Michael R. Miller;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Ulrich Müller;Robert J. McInerney

  • The PedBE clock accurately estimates DNA methylation age in pediatric buccal cells.

    Lisa M. McEwen;Kieran J. O’Donnell;Kieran J. O’Donnell;Megan G. McGill;Rachel D. Edgar

  • Prepartum and Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms Are Related to Children's Brain Structure in Preschool.

    Catherine Lebel;Catherine Lebel;Matthew Walton;Matthew Walton;Nicole Letourneau;Nicole Letourneau;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Gerald F. Giesbrecht

  • Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Self-Regulation in Preschoolers.

    Dana Liebermann;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Ulrich Müller

  • Depression and anxiety in pregnancy during COVID-19: A rapid review and meta-analysis.

    Lianne M. Tomfohr-Madsen;Lianne M. Tomfohr-Madsen;Nicole Racine;Gerald F Giesbrecht;Catherine Lebel

  • Trajectories of Sleep Quality and Associations with Mood during the Perinatal Period

    Lianne M Tomfohr;Lianne M Tomfohr;Elena Buliga;Nicole L Letourneau;Tavis S Campbell

  • The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort study: rationale and methods

    Bonnie J. Kaplan;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Brenda M. Y. Leung;Catherine J. Field

  • Intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences via maternal depression and anxiety and moderation by child sex.

    Nicole Lyn Letourneau;Deborah Dewey;Bonnie J. Kaplan;Henry N. Ntanda

  • The buffering effect of social support on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function during pregnancy.

    Gerald F Giesbrecht;Julia C Poole;Nicole Letourneau;Tavis Campbell

  • Developmental origins of infant emotion regulation: Mediation by temperamental negativity and moderation by maternal sensitivity.

    Jenna C. Thomas;Nicole Letourneau;Tavis S. Campbell;Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

  • Psychological distress and salivary cortisol covary within persons during pregnancy.

    Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Tavis Campbell;Nicole Letourneau;Libbe Kooistra

  • Maternal sensitivity and social support protect against childhood atopic dermatitis

    Nicole L. Letourneau;Anita L. Kozyrskyj;Nela Cosic;Henry N. Ntanda

  • NARRATIVE AND META-ANALYTIC REVIEW OF INTERVENTIONS AIMING TO IMPROVE MATERNAL–CHILD ATTACHMENT SECURITY

    Nicole Letourneau;Panagiota Tryphonopoulos;Gerald Giesbrecht;Cindy-Lee Dennis

  • The contribution of executive function and social understanding to preschoolers’ letter and math skills

    Michael R. Miller;Ulrich Müller;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Jeremy I. Carpendale

  • Child and context characteristics in trajectories of physical and relational victimization among early elementary school children

    Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Stuart W. S. Macdonald

  • The anger–distress model of temper tantrums: associations with emotional reactivity and emotional competence

    Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Michael R. Miller;Ulrich Müller

  • Social buffering of the maternal and infant HPA axes: Mediation and moderation in the intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences.

    Jenna C Thomas;Nicole Letourneau;Tavis S Campbell;Gerald F Giesbrecht

  • Vitamin D Deficiency and Antenatal and Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review

    Fariba Aghajafari;Nicole Lyn Letourneau;Newsha Mahinpey;Nela Cosic

  • Predictors of Postpartum Depression in Partnered Mothers and Fathers from a Longitudinal Cohort

    Brenda M. Y. Leung;Brenda M. Y. Leung;Nicole L. Letourneau;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Henry Ntanda

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole Letourneau
Nicole Letourneau University of Calgary
Deborah Dewey
Deborah Dewey University of Calgary
Bonnie J. Kaplan
Bonnie J. Kaplan University of Calgary
Michael S. Kobor
Michael S. Kobor University of British Columbia
Ulrich Müller
Ulrich Müller University of Victoria
Sheri Madigan
Sheri Madigan University of Calgary
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco
Linda E. Carlson
Linda E. Carlson University of Calgary

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