Pamela Schuetze
Biographic Data
| ID | 5762823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela Schuetze |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela |
| FAMILY NAME | Schuetze |
| SIGNATURE | SCHUETZE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Buffalo State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9348-5788 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perceptions of Infant Cry Sounds Among Tobacco and Cannabis Using Mothers and Their Association with Tobacco and Cannabis Cravings
Background/Objectives : We examined maternal perceptions of infant cries as a mediator between maternal tobacco/cannabis use, psychological distress (depression/anger/hostility) and reported cravings for cigarettes and/or cannabis across two time points. Methods : A total of 96 substance-using mothers (35 tobacco-only and 61 tobacco/cannabis) were recruited in pregnancy. Maternal substance use and psychological distress were measured when their c…
Caregiving Environmental Risk and Aggression From Infancy to Adolescence in a High‐Risk Sample
The dynamic, longitudinal interplay between caregiving environmental risk (e.g., caregiver postnatal substance use and psychological symptoms, caregiving instability, exposure to violence) and child aggression is not well understood, particularly for substance‐exposed children. A random intercept cross‐lagged panel model was used to examine within‐ and between‐family variability in the reciprocal relations between caregiving environmental risk an…
Prenatal tobacco, tobacco–cannabis coexposure, and child emotion regulation
Prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) and tobacco-cannabis coexposure (PTCE) co-occur with negative maternal emotional functioning (termed prenatal risks) and together increase risk for child regulatory problems at early school age (ESA). Little is known about developmental processes in early childhood that may mediate this association. We examined two hypothesized mediational processes linking prenatal risks to ESA emotion regulation (ER) and lability…
Pathways from Early Family Violence to Adolescent Reactive Aggression and Violence Victimization
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of maternal sensitivity on the association between prenatal adversity and externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a diverse, high‐risk sample. We hypothesized that among children with higher prenatal adversity, high maternal sensitivity would serve as a protective factor. Participants were 247 primarily low‐income, diverse dyads. Results indicated a significant interaction effect…
Physiological Regulation at 9 Months of Age in Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cigarettes
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the association between prenatal cigarette exposure and physiological regulation at 9 months of age. Specifically, we explored the possibility that any association between prenatal cigarette exposure and infant physiological regulation was moderated by postnatal environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure or infant gender. We evaluated whether male infants with prenatal cigarette exposure or infants…
Cocaine Exposure and Children's Self-Regulation
RESULTS are supportive of animal models indicating higher aggression among cocaine treated dams, and indicate that higher maternal harshness among cocaine using mothers is predictive of child self-regulatory outcomes in the preschool period
A Longitudinal Examination of Physiological Regulation in Cocaine‐Exposed Infants Across the First 7 Months of Life
This study examined the association between prenatal exposure to cocaine and physiological regulation across the first 7 months of age. Measures of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) were obtained from 169 (82 cocaine‐exposed and 87 nonexposed) infants during baseline periods at 1 month and 7 months of age and during tasks designed to elicit positive and negative affect at 7 months of age. After controlling for maternal age, gestational age, and …
The Association Between Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy and Maternal Behavior During the Neonatal Period
This study examined the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and maternal behavior during mother‐infant interactions during the neonatal period. Participants included 84 mother‐infant dyads (43 cigarette‐exposed and 41 nonexposed) who were recruited after birth and assessed at 2 to 4 weeks of infant age. Results indicated that mothers who smoked during pregnancy had higher levels of maternal insensitivity (MI) and lower levels of…
Prenatal cocaine exposure and infant sleep at 7 months of age
The primary goal of this study was to examine sleep problems in a sample of cocaine-exposed 7-month-old infants and to determine if maternal psychopathology mediated any existing association between substance exposure and sleep behaviors. We also examined the differences in sleep behaviors of cocaine-exposed infants in parental custody and cocaine-exposed infants in nonparental custody. Participants were 65 cocaine-exposed and 53 nonexposed infan…
The Perceptions of Infant Distress Signals Varying in Pitch by Cocaine‐Using Mothers
Perceptual responses to infant distress signals were studied in 16 cocaine‐using and 15 comparison mothers. All mothers rated tape recordings of 48 replications of a newborn infant's hunger cry digitally altered to increase in fundamental frequency in 100‐Hz increments. Cries were rated on 4 perceptual (arousing, aversive, urgent, and sick) and 6 caregiving rating scale items (clean, cuddle, feed, give pacifier, pick up, and wait and see) used in…
The Effects of Alcohol in Breast Milk on Infant Behavioral State and Mother‐Infant Feeding Interactions
The short‐term impact of infant exposure to alcohol in breast milk on mother‐infant interactions and infant arousal was examined. Fourteen mother‐infant dyads were tested on 2 occasions that consisted of an alcohol administration and a nonalcohol condition. Mother‐infant interactions during feeding were videotaped and coded for dyadic reciprocity, maternal noncontingency, and dyadic conflict. Infants were observed for 1 hr after receiving either …
Relation Between Maternal Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy and Behavioral and Physiological Measures of Autonomic Regulation in Neonates
The effects of maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy on behavioral and physiological measures of arousal were examined in a sample of 50 neonates. After the effects of alcohol, caffeine, and maternal demographic variables were statistically controlled, regression analyses showed that maternal smoking during pregnancy was predictive of higher heart rates overall and during quiet and active sleep. Maternal smoking during pregnancy was also pr…
Relations Between Women's Depressive Symptoms and Perceptions of Infant Distress Signals Varying in Pitch
Fifteen nondepressed, 15 moderately depressed, and 15 severely depressed women rated tape‐recordings of a newborn infant's hunger cry digitally altered to increase in fundamental frequency in 100 Hz increments. Cries were rated on 4 perceptual (e.g., arousing‐not arousing) and 6 caregiving rating scale items (e.g., cuddle, feed) used in previous studies (Zeskind, 1983). Analyses of variance showed that, as cry pitch increased, cries were rated as…
Pathways from Early Family Violence to Adolescent Reactive Aggression and Violence Victimization
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of maternal sensitivity on the association between prenatal adversity and externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a diverse, high‐risk sample. We hypothesized that among children with higher prenatal adversity, high maternal sensitivity would serve as a protective factor. Participants were 247 primarily low‐income, diverse dyads. Results indicated a significant interaction effect…
Relation Between Maternal Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy and Behavioral and Physiological Measures of Autonomic Regulation in Neonates
The effects of maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy on behavioral and physiological measures of arousal were examined in a sample of 50 neonates. After the effects of alcohol, caffeine, and maternal demographic variables were statistically controlled, regression analyses showed that maternal smoking during pregnancy was predictive of higher heart rates overall and during quiet and active sleep. Maternal smoking during pregnancy was also pr…
Relations Between Women's Depressive Symptoms and Perceptions of Infant Distress Signals Varying in Pitch
Fifteen nondepressed, 15 moderately depressed, and 15 severely depressed women rated tape‐recordings of a newborn infant's hunger cry digitally altered to increase in fundamental frequency in 100 Hz increments. Cries were rated on 4 perceptual (e.g., arousing‐not arousing) and 6 caregiving rating scale items (e.g., cuddle, feed) used in previous studies (Zeskind, 1983). Analyses of variance showed that, as cry pitch increased, cries were rated as…
The Effects of Alcohol in Breast Milk on Infant Behavioral State and Mother‐Infant Feeding Interactions
The short‐term impact of infant exposure to alcohol in breast milk on mother‐infant interactions and infant arousal was examined. Fourteen mother‐infant dyads were tested on 2 occasions that consisted of an alcohol administration and a nonalcohol condition. Mother‐infant interactions during feeding were videotaped and coded for dyadic reciprocity, maternal noncontingency, and dyadic conflict. Infants were observed for 1 hr after receiving either …
The Perceptions of Infant Distress Signals Varying in Pitch by Cocaine‐Using Mothers
Perceptual responses to infant distress signals were studied in 16 cocaine‐using and 15 comparison mothers. All mothers rated tape recordings of 48 replications of a newborn infant's hunger cry digitally altered to increase in fundamental frequency in 100‐Hz increments. Cries were rated on 4 perceptual (arousing, aversive, urgent, and sick) and 6 caregiving rating scale items (clean, cuddle, feed, give pacifier, pick up, and wait and see) used in…
The Association Between Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy and Maternal Behavior During the Neonatal Period
This study examined the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and maternal behavior during mother‐infant interactions during the neonatal period. Participants included 84 mother‐infant dyads (43 cigarette‐exposed and 41 nonexposed) who were recruited after birth and assessed at 2 to 4 weeks of infant age. Results indicated that mothers who smoked during pregnancy had higher levels of maternal insensitivity (MI) and lower levels of…
Prenatal cocaine exposure and infant sleep at 7 months of age
The primary goal of this study was to examine sleep problems in a sample of cocaine-exposed 7-month-old infants and to determine if maternal psychopathology mediated any existing association between substance exposure and sleep behaviors. We also examined the differences in sleep behaviors of cocaine-exposed infants in parental custody and cocaine-exposed infants in nonparental custody. Participants were 65 cocaine-exposed and 53 nonexposed infan…
A Longitudinal Examination of Physiological Regulation in Cocaine‐Exposed Infants Across the First 7 Months of Life
This study examined the association between prenatal exposure to cocaine and physiological regulation across the first 7 months of age. Measures of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) were obtained from 169 (82 cocaine‐exposed and 87 nonexposed) infants during baseline periods at 1 month and 7 months of age and during tasks designed to elicit positive and negative affect at 7 months of age. After controlling for maternal age, gestational age, and …
Cocaine Exposure and Children's Self-Regulation
RESULTS are supportive of animal models indicating higher aggression among cocaine treated dams, and indicate that higher maternal harshness among cocaine using mothers is predictive of child self-regulatory outcomes in the preschool period
Physiological Regulation at 9 Months of Age in Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cigarettes
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the association between prenatal cigarette exposure and physiological regulation at 9 months of age. Specifically, we explored the possibility that any association between prenatal cigarette exposure and infant physiological regulation was moderated by postnatal environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure or infant gender. We evaluated whether male infants with prenatal cigarette exposure or infants…
Pathways from Early Family Violence to Adolescent Reactive Aggression and Violence Victimization
The effect of prenatal adversity on externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a high‐risk sample
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of maternal sensitivity on the association between prenatal adversity and externalizing behaviors at 24 months of age in a diverse, high‐risk sample. We hypothesized that among children with higher prenatal adversity, high maternal sensitivity would serve as a protective factor. Participants were 247 primarily low‐income, diverse dyads. Results indicated a significant interaction effect…
Prenatal tobacco, tobacco–cannabis coexposure, and child emotion regulation
Prenatal tobacco exposure (PTE) and tobacco-cannabis coexposure (PTCE) co-occur with negative maternal emotional functioning (termed prenatal risks) and together increase risk for child regulatory problems at early school age (ESA). Little is known about developmental processes in early childhood that may mediate this association. We examined two hypothesized mediational processes linking prenatal risks to ESA emotion regulation (ER) and lability…
Perceptions of Infant Cry Sounds Among Tobacco and Cannabis Using Mothers and Their Association with Tobacco and Cannabis Cravings
Background/Objectives : We examined maternal perceptions of infant cries as a mediator between maternal tobacco/cannabis use, psychological distress (depression/anger/hostility) and reported cravings for cigarettes and/or cannabis across two time points. Methods : A total of 96 substance-using mothers (35 tobacco-only and 61 tobacco/cannabis) were recruited in pregnancy. Maternal substance use and psychological distress were measured when their c…
Caregiving Environmental Risk and Aggression From Infancy to Adolescence in a High‐Risk Sample
The dynamic, longitudinal interplay between caregiving environmental risk (e.g., caregiver postnatal substance use and psychological symptoms, caregiving instability, exposure to violence) and child aggression is not well understood, particularly for substance‐exposed children. A random intercept cross‐lagged panel model was used to examine within‐ and between‐family variability in the reciprocal relations between caregiving environmental risk an…
Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works)