Coping with Childbirth: Brain Structural Associations of Personal Growth Initiative

Coping with Childbirth: Brain Structural Associations of Personal Growth Initiative

Major life events require psychological adaptations and can be accompanied by brain structural and functional changes. The goal of the current study was to investigate the association of personal growth initiative (PGI) as a form of proactive coping strategy before childbirth, with gray matter volum...

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Main Author: Judith Mangelsdorf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
personal growth initiative
structural MRI
vmPFC
proactive coping
PTSD
childbirth
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01829/full

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