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Lauren M Laifer

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Ramsdell E, Laifer L, McCoy K, Brock R
Dev Psychopathol . 2025 Jan; :1-15. PMID: 39886741
Child socioemotional difficulties emerge as early as infancy, increase over time, and place children at risk for future internalizing and externalizing symptoms. The aim of the present study was to...
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Calkins F, Laifer L, Beck R, Gervais S, Brock R
J Reprod Infant Psychol . 2024 Sep; :1-15. PMID: 39344583
Aims/background: Although the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Scale - also referred to as the Pregnancy-Related Thoughts Scale (PRT) - is one of the most widely utilised measures of pregnancy-related anxiety (PrA), there...
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Miller M, Laifer L, Thomas E, Grekin R, OHara M, Brock R
J Affect Disord . 2024 Apr; 357:11-22. PMID: 38663559
Background: Many women experience new onset or worsening of existing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during pregnancy and the early postpartum period. However, perinatal PTSD symptom profiles and their predictors...
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Laifer L, Brock R, Tomaso C, James T, Yaroch A, Hill J, et al.
J Youth Adolesc . 2023 Dec; 53(3):656-668. PMID: 38117361
There is a critical need for research examining how neural vulnerabilities associated with obesity, including lower executive control, interact with family factors to impact weight trajectories across adolescence. Utilizing a...
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Laifer L, Tomaso C, Chang O, Phillips E, James T, Nelson J, et al.
J Adolesc . 2023 May; 95(6):1205-1219. PMID: 37211897
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a global impact on youth mental health, and there is a critical need for research examining individual factors that contribute to...
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Laifer L, Maras O, Saez G, Gervais S, Brock R
Sex Roles . 2023 May; 88(9-10):459-473. PMID: 37206990
Pregnancy represents a unique time during which women's bodies undergo significant physical changes (e.g., expanding belly, larger breasts, weight gain) that can elicit increased objectification. Experiences of objectification set the...
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Laifer L, Maras O, Saez G, Gervais S, Brock R
Res Sq . 2023 Mar; PMID: 36993503
Pregnancy represents a unique time during which women's bodies undergo significant physical changes (e.g., expanding belly, larger breasts, weight gain) that can elicit increased objectification. Experiences of objectification set the...
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Haws J, Laifer L, Acosta L, Ralston A, Ruggiero K, Davidson T, et al.
Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol . 2023 Mar; 51(7):1021-1035. PMID: 36881210
Among adolescents exposed to trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) commonly co-occur. Despite the prevalence of comorbidity, the question of how PTSD and MDD are related...
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Laifer L, OHara M, DiLillo D, Brock R
Arch Womens Ment Health . 2023 Jan; 26(2):191-200. PMID: 36719513
There is heightened risk for maternal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the perinatal period. However, it is unclear whether pregnancy and childbirth uniquely contribute to PTSD symptoms above and beyond...
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Brock R, Calkins F, Hamburger E, Kumar S, Laifer L, Phillips E, et al.
Fam Process . 2022 Dec; 62(4):1574-1591. PMID: 36585769
The present study aimed to characterize the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with preschool age children and to identify pre-pandemic factors that explained unique family experiences. We...