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Maternal pre-and postnatal mental health and infant development in war conditions: The Gaza Infant Study.
(Educational Publishing Foundation, 2017)Objective: Women and their infants need special protection in war context, as traumatic events can risk maternal mental and obstetric health and compromise infant development. This prospective study examined, first, how ... -
Maternal trauma affects prenatal mental health and infant stress regulation among Palestinian dyads
(2017)We examined how diverse and cumulated traumatic experiences predicted maternal prenatal mental health and infant stress regulation in war conditions and whether maternal mental health mediated the association between trauma ... -
The protective role of maternal post-traumatic growth and cognitive trauma processing in Palestinian mothers and infants: a longitudinal study
(Elsevier, 2018)Background Women at pre partum and post partum are especially susceptible to war trauma because they struggle to protect their infants from danger. Trauma research suggests increased problems in maternal mental health and ... -
The protective role of maternal posttraumatic growth and cognitive trauma processing among Palestinian mothers and infants
(JAI, 2018)War survivors use multiple cognitive and emotional processes to protect their mental health from the negative impacts of trauma. Because mothers and infants may be especially vulnerable to trauma in conditions of war, it ... -
War trauma and maternal–fetal attachment predicting maternal mental health, infant development, and dyadic interaction in Palestinian families
(Routledge, 2017)Optimal maternal–fetal attachment (MFA) is believed to be beneficial for infant well-being and dyadic interaction, but research is scarce in general and among risk populations. Our study involved dyads living in war ...