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The pattern of behavioral responses that is associated with maternal perceived stress is shown. Behavioral state scores are presented for infants born to mothers with high (top quartile) and low (bottom quartile) perceived stress at 13 gestational weeks (the point with the strongest association between prenatal maternal perceived stress and infant behavioral responses to the heel-stick procedure based on HLM analyses).
