Publications

Laplante, D. P., Hart, K. J., O'Hara, M. W., Brunet, A. & King, S. (2017). Prenatal maternal stress is associated with toddler cognitive functioning: The Iowa Flood Study. Early human development, 116, 84-92. PMID: 29253828.

Kroska, E. B., O'Hara, M. W., Elgbeili, G., Hart, K. J., Laplante, D. P., Dancause, K. N. & King, S. (2017). The impact of maternal flood-related stress and social support on offspring weight in early childhood. Archives of women's mental health. PMID: 29080991.

Brock, R. L., O’Hara, M. W., Hart, K. J., McCabe-Beane, J. E., Williamson, J. E., Brunet, A., Laplante, D. P., Yu, C. & King, S. (2015). Peritraumatic distress mediates the effect of severity of disaster exposure on perinatal depression: The Iowa Flood Study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28(6), 515-522.

Williamson, J. A., O'Hara, M. W., Stuart, S., Hart, K. J. & Watson, D. (2015). Assessment of postpartum depressive symptoms: the importance of somatic symptoms and irritability. Assessment, 22(3), 309-18. PMID: 25059681.

Dancause, K. N., Laplante, D. P., Hart, K. J., O'Hara, M. W., Elgbeili, G., Brunet, A. & King, S. (2015). Prenatal stress due to a natural disaster predicts adiposity in childhood: the Iowa Flood Study. Journal of obesity, 2015, 570541. PMID: 25874124.

Brock, R. L., O'Hara, M. W., Hart, K. J., McCabe, J. E., Williamson, J. A., Laplante, D. P., Yu, C. & King, S. (2014). Partner support and maternal depression in the context of the Iowa floods. Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 28(6), 832-43. PMID: 25243576.

Williamson, J. A., McCabe, J. E., O'Hara, M. W., Hart, K. J., Laplante, D. P. & King, S. (2013). Parenting stress in early motherhood: Stress spillover and social support. Comprehensive Psychology, 2(11).

Nylen, K. J., O'Hara, M. W. & Engeldinger, J. (2013). Perceived social support interacts with prenatal depression to predict birth outcomes. Journal of Behavioral Medicine,(36), 427-40.

Nylen, K. J., Williamson, J. A., O'Hara, M. W., Watson, D. & Engeldinger, J. (2013). Validity of somatic symptoms as indicators of depression in pregnancy. Archives of Women's Mental Health,(16), 203-10.

Nylen, K. J., O'Hara, M. W., Brock, R., Moel, J., Gorman, L. & Stuart, S. (2010). Predictors of the longitudinal course of postpartum depression following Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,(78), 757-63.

Lawrence, E., Nylen, K. J. & Cobb, R. J. (2007). Prenatal expectations and marital satisfaction over the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology,(21), 155-64.

Nylen, K. J., Moran, T. E., Franklin, C. L. & O'Hara, M. W. (2006). Maternal depression: A review of relevant treatment approaches for mothers and infants. Infant Mental Health Journal,(27), 327-43.

Nylen, K. J., Segre, L. S. & O'Hara, M. W. (2005). Public health implications of postpartum depression. Psychiatric Annals,(35), 599-609.