Parental Resilience Resources and Gestational Length: A Test of Prenatal Maternal Inflammatory Mediation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adverse birth outcomes such as preterm birth and low birthweight can engender long-term developmental consequences for the health and well-being of offspring. Prior research demonstrates that chronic inflammation during pregnancy in women increases the risk of both birth and developmental adversities. However, little research has investigated whether protective factors like psychological resilience resources predict lower maternal inflammation in pregnancy and decrease the risk of preterm birth and infant low birth weight.

Methods

In this study, we tested whether resilience resources measured in mothers and fathers predicted longer gestational length and higher birthweight through lower levels of systemic inflammation operationalized as C-reactive protein (CRP) in

SUBMITTER: Swaminathan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12704204 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb-Mar 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature