Bettina Knight

High Impact

Researcher

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

29 h-index 62 pubs 3,338 cited

Research Areas

Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Child Abuse and Trauma Mental Health Research Topics Birth, Development, and Health Behavioral and Psychological Studies Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

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Bettina Knight's research focuses on understanding the intergenerational effects of trauma and mental health on perinatal outcomes and infant development. Her work investigates the associations between maternal and paternal depression and anxiety prior to birth and infant temperament trajectories over the first year of life. Knight also examines the role and severity of somatic depressive symptoms within psychological networks in peripartum women and explores how childhood maltreatment exposure differentially impacts transdiagnostic perinatal depression symptoms.

Her publications include studies on pregnant women with bipolar disorder and a history of childhood maltreatment, exploring trauma's effects on fetal neurodevelopment and birth outcomes. Additionally, her research indicates that positive affect can improve a transdiagnostic model of perinatal depression symptoms. Knight's scholarly contributions are reflected in her h-index of 29, with over 62 publications and 3,338 citations, designating her as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

  • h-index: 29
  • Publications: 62
  • Citations: 3,338

Selected Publications

  • Childhood maltreatment exposure is differentially associated with transdiagnostic perinatal depression symptoms (2024) DOI
  • Associations between mothers' and fathers' depression and anxiety prior to birth and infant temperament trajectories over the first year of life: Evidence from diagnoses and symptom severity (2023) DOI
  • Positive affect improves a transdiagnostic model of perinatal depression symptoms (2023) DOI
  • Pregnant women with bipolar disorder who have a history of childhood maltreatment: Intergenerational effects of trauma on fetal neurodevelopment and birth outcomes (2022) DOI
  • The severity and role of somatic depressive symptoms in psychological networks in a longitudinal sample of peripartum women (2021) DOI

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