Journal Articles
Almeida, I.F., (2024). Prenatal depressive symptoms in Latinas: A qualitative investigation.
Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 5:1458157. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2024.1458157
Almeida, I.F., Rinne, G.R., Coussons-Read, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2024). Placental Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone Trajectories in Pregnancy: Associations with Postpartum Depressive Symptoms. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107030
Ramos, I.F., Ross, K.M., Rinne, G.R., Sommers, J.A., Mancuso, R.A., Hobel, C.J., Coussons-Read, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Pregnancy anxiety, placental corticotropin-releasing hormone and length of gestation. Biological Psychology, 172, 108376. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108376
Ramos, I. F., Campos, B., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Pregnancy anxiety and beliefs surrounding motherhood in Latinas: A qualitative study. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 10(4), 277–290. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000208
Rinne, G., Sommers, J.A., Ramos, I.F., Coussons-Read, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2022). Increases in maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and infant cortisol reactivity: Mediation by placental corticotropin-releasing hormone. Development and Psychopathology, 35(4), 1997-2010. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000621
Dunkel Schetter, C., Rahal, D., Ponting, C., Julian, M., Ramos, I.F., Hobel, C., & Coussons-Read, M. (2022). Anxiety in pregnancy and length of gestation: Understanding when and what predicts best to inform future screening and intervention. Health Psychology, 41(12), 894. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001210
Ponting, C., Ramos, I. F., Guardino, C. M., Christensen, W., Chavira, D., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2020). Postpartum depressive symptoms in low-income Latinas: Cultural and contextual contributors. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(4), 544–556.
Mahrer, N. E., Ramos, I.F., Guardino, C., Davis, E. P., Ramey, S. L., Shalowitz, M., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2020). Pregnancy Anxiety in Expectant Mothers Predicts Offspring Negative Affect: The moderating role of acculturation. Early Human Development, 141, 104932.
Ramos, I. F., Guardino, C. M., Mansolf, M., Glynn, L. M., Sandman, C. A., Hobel, C., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2019).Pregnancy anxiety predicts shorter gestation in Latina and non-Latina white women: The role of placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 99, 166–173.
Fox, M., Thayer, Z. M., Ramos, I. F., Meskal, S. J., & Wadhwa, P. D. (2018). Prenatal and postnatal mother-to-child transmission of acculturation’s health effects in Hispanic Americans. Journal of Women’s Health, 27(8), 1054–1063.
Invited Entries
Almeida, I. F., & Araujo, P.J. (2024). Protective factors against depression and anxiety among Latinas and Spanish-speaking women. Invited contribution (peer-reviewed) in S. Lara-Cinisomo (Ed.), An integrated approach to perinatal depression and anxiety in Spanish-speaking and Latina women. Springer Publishing. [Book Chapter In Press].
Cheadle, A. C. D., Ramos, I. F., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2020). Stress and resilience in pregnancy. Invited contribution (peer-reviewed) in M. Robbins & K. Sweeney (Eds.), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology (pp. 717-723). Wiley.
Julian, M., Ramos, I. F., Mahrer, N.E., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2020). Pregnancy Anxiety. Invited contribution (peer-reviewed) in M. Gellman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer: New York, NY.
Ramos, I. F., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2018). Pregnancy anxiety and stress. Invited contribution (peer-reviewed) in M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp.1714-1715). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.