Pathways to Birth Trauma: Prenatal <scp>PTSD</scp> as a Mediator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childbirth‐Related <scp>PTSD</scp> Symptoms
Screening for childhood adversity during pregnancy may have dual benefits for prenatal and postpartum health, such that screening can help identify women at risk for prenatal PTSD as well as those at risk for later childbirth-related trauma symptoms who may benefit from trauma-informed targeted prevention and intervention efforts.
Authors
- Ashley Quigley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-6378)
- Karina M. Shreffler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0475-5817)
- Lucia Ciciolla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0340-580X)
- Samantha Addante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0213-9936)
- Kristin Fields Creech
- Elizabeth Hinckley
- Gina Erato Garza
Institutions
- Oklahoma State University (US)
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Brown University (US)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Birth
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.70026
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences