Pregnancy-specific stress, preterm birth, and gestational age among high-risk young women.

There is evidence that pregnancy-specific stress is associated with preterm birth. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between change in pregnancy-specific stress over the course of pregnancy and birth outcomes (i.e., preterm birth and gestational age) in an understudied but vulnerable group using a theoretically derived model.Multivariate linear and logistic regression techniques were used to examine the association between...