Christine Dunkel Schetter
University of California, Los Angeles
147 Papers
267 Citations
Christine Dunkel Schetter is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 119 publications. Previous affiliations of Christine Dunkel Schetter include University of California & Chapman University.
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Papers
High paternal testosterone may protect against postpartum depressive symptoms in fathers, but confer risk to mothers and children.
Darby E. Saxbe,Christine Dunkel Schetter,Clarissa D. Simon,Emma K. Adam,Madeleine U. Shalowitz +4 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, whereas higher paternal testosterone may protect against paternal depression, it contributed to maternal distress and suboptimal family outcomes in the authors' sample.
Increases in maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and infant cortisol reactivity: Mediation by placental corticotropin-releasing hormone.
Gabrielle R. Rinne,Jennifer A. Somers,Isabel F. Ramos,Kharah M. Ross,Mary E. Coussons-Read,Christine Dunkel Schetter +5 more
TL;DR: Increases in maternal depressive symptoms and pCRH over pregnancy may contribute to higher infant cortisol reactivity, and these findings help to elucidate the prenatal biopsychosocial processes contributing to offspring HPA axis regulation early in development.
Resilience Resources Scale: A brief resilience measure validated with undergraduate students.
Melissa Julian,Alyssa C. D. Cheadle,Kendra S. Knudsen,Kendra S. Knudsen,Robert M. Bilder,Robert M. Bilder,Christine Dunkel Schetter +6 more
TL;DR: A theory-based brief resilience scale, the Resilience Resources Scale (RRS), and evidence for its factor structure, reliability, and validity in two studies of undergraduate students are presented.
Cumulative effects of the Gulf oil spill and other disasters on mental health among reproductive-aged women: The Gulf Resilience on Women's Health study.
TL;DR: The results of this study point mainly to a cumulative risk for the mental health effects of multiple disasters, although some indication of sensitization occurred among those with particularly severe experiences.
Adverse Perinatal Outcomes and Postpartum Multi-Systemic Dysregulation: Adding Vitamin D Deficiency to the Allostatic Load Index.
TL;DR: Women with adverse perinatal outcomes have higher postpartum Allostatic load and adding vitamin D deficiency to the AL index strengthens this association.