Table 2.

Patterns of stress response in pregnant African American women: Selected quantitative and qualitative data

	Stressors													Stress Responses
				Neighborhood Condition							Personal Resources
	Racial Discrimination			Overall		Crime	Social Disorder				Social Support			Well-being		Depressive Symptoms		Cervical Remodeling
		QUAIM				QUAN	QUAN					QUAN		QUAN		QUAN		QUAN
	QUAL (present)	(Range, 0–9)		QUAL (present)	(High or Low; See Table 1)				Job or Financial QUAL (present)	Network QUAL (present)	Perceived Support QUAL	(High or Low)		(High or Low)		(High or Low)		(Nor or Abn)
Participant		T1a	T2		T1	T2	T1	T2				T1	T2	T1	T2	T1	T2	T1	T2
High stress responses
Shaneeka	Yes	0	3	No	Low	Low	High	High	Yes	Yes	No	Low	Low	Low	Low	High	High	Nor	Abn
Naketa	Yes	2	1	No	Low	High	High	High	Yes	Yes	No	Low	Low	High	High	Low	High	Nor	Nor
Shannon	Yes	7	6	Yes	High	Low	High	High	Yes	Yes	No	Low	Low	Low	Low	High	High	Nor	Abn
Tomeka	Yes	1	1	No	Low	High	High	High	Yes	Yes	Yes	High	High	High	Low	Low	High	Nor	Abn
Nia	Yes	–	2	No	High	Low	High	High	Yes	Yes	No	Low	Low	–	–	High	High	Abn	Nor
Trina	Yes	3	1	No	Low	Low	Low	High	No	Yes	Yes	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	High	Abn	Abn
Tawana	Yes	2	2	Yes	High	High	High	High	No	Yes	Yes	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	High	Nor	Abn
Low stress responses
Kianna	No	0	0	Yes	Low	High	High	High	No	Yes	Yes	Low	High	High	High	Low	Low	Nor	Nor
Donnetta	Yes	3	4	No	Low	Low	Low	Low	Yes	No	Yes	High	High	High	High	Low	Low	Nor	Nor
Asia	No	0	0	No	High	Low	High	High	No	No	Yes	High	High	High	High	Low	Low	Nor	Abn
Cheryl	Yes	0	0	No	Low	Low	Low	Low	No	Yes	Yes	High	High	High	High	Low	Low	Nor	Nor

Abbreviations: Abn, abnormal; Nor, normal; QUAL, qualitative; QUAN, quantitative.

^aT1: M = 20 weeks, SD = 2.6 weeks; range, 16-22 weeks. T2: M = 28 weeks, SD = 3 weeks; range, 26-36 weeks.