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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2022 Jan 11;101:266–274. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.01.008

Figure 1. Pathways linking lifetime stressor exposure to systemic inflammatory markers as mediated by lifetime perceived stressor severity.

Figure 1.

We propose a framework for empirical testing positing that lifetime stressor exposure affects biology relevant to health as mediated by individuals’ perceptions of how stressful or threatening a stressor is perceived. In testing this model in the present study, we focused on systemic inflammatory markers that were assessed during pregnancy and the occurrence of preterm birth, while controlling for relevant covariates.