Does stress during pregnancy affect women's and infant's physical and
emotional health? Our research examines whether relationship conflict is a
stressor that works like other stressors by affecting the body's stress
system and emotional responses to stress. We are recruiting 160 women and
their one-year old children. The women will include those with and without
relationship conflict during pregnancy and those with and without
relationship conflict during the first year of the child's life. Looking at
differences among these women and children will allow us to understand how
relationship conflict affects women and children at different times in their
lives.