Pearl La Marca-Ghaemmaghami
Biographic Data
| ID | 1733653 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pearl La Marca-Ghaemmaghami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pearl |
| FAMILY NAME | La Marca-Ghaemmaghami |
| SIGNATURE | LA MARCA-GHAEMMAGHAMI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5494-9228 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Investigating Factors Influencing Prenatal Stress, Anxiety, and Fear of Childbirth During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany and Switzerland
Common model of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven high-income Western countries at the Covid-19 pandemic onset
New Parents Experienced Lower Parenting Self-Efficacy during the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown
Background : The COVID-19 pandemic is a global issue which affects the entire population's mental health. This study evaluates how restrictions to curtail this pandemic change parenting self-efficacy, depressive symptoms, couple satisfaction and health-related quality of life in parents after delivery of a newborn. Methods : In this prospective single center evaluation of parental self-efficacy and quality of life, four validated questionnaires w…
Creative Music Therapy with Premature Infants and Their Parents
Premature birth is stressful for infants and parents and can adversely affect the parent-infant dyad. This mixed-methods pilot study evaluates whether creative music therapy (CMT) can alleviate anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms in parents and support the bonding process with their infant. Sixteen parent couples were included. Ten couples were randomly allocated to the music therapy group (MTG) and six to the control group (CG). All couples…
Gynecological Health
The Acute Autonomic Stress Response and Amniotic Fluid Glucocorticoids in Second-Trimester Pregnant Women
OBJECTIVE: The maternal autonomic nervous system (ANS) has received little attention in the investigation of biological mechanisms linking prenatal stress to fetal cortisol (F) excess. In vitro, norepinephrine and epinephrine inhibit placental 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2), which protects the fetus from F overexposure by inactivating it to cortisone (E). Here, we investigated the acute ANS stress response to an amniocentesis …
Forgivingness and subjective well-being in adulthood
Forgivingness and subjective well-being in adulthood
Gynecological Health
The Acute Autonomic Stress Response and Amniotic Fluid Glucocorticoids in Second-Trimester Pregnant Women
OBJECTIVE: The maternal autonomic nervous system (ANS) has received little attention in the investigation of biological mechanisms linking prenatal stress to fetal cortisol (F) excess. In vitro, norepinephrine and epinephrine inhibit placental 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11β-HSD2), which protects the fetus from F overexposure by inactivating it to cortisone (E). Here, we investigated the acute ANS stress response to an amniocentesis …
Creative Music Therapy with Premature Infants and Their Parents
Premature birth is stressful for infants and parents and can adversely affect the parent-infant dyad. This mixed-methods pilot study evaluates whether creative music therapy (CMT) can alleviate anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms in parents and support the bonding process with their infant. Sixteen parent couples were included. Ten couples were randomly allocated to the music therapy group (MTG) and six to the control group (CG). All couples…
New Parents Experienced Lower Parenting Self-Efficacy during the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown
Background : The COVID-19 pandemic is a global issue which affects the entire population's mental health. This study evaluates how restrictions to curtail this pandemic change parenting self-efficacy, depressive symptoms, couple satisfaction and health-related quality of life in parents after delivery of a newborn. Methods : In this prospective single center evaluation of parental self-efficacy and quality of life, four validated questionnaires w…
Common model of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven high-income Western countries at the Covid-19 pandemic onset
Investigating Factors Influencing Prenatal Stress, Anxiety, and Fear of Childbirth During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany and Switzerland
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Pregnancy (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (3 works) · Pandemic (3 works)