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When the Boss Is Bad for the Baby
Study finds that pregnant women who are stressed by workplace discrimination are more likely to have premature, low-birthweight offspring.
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Women who perceive workplace discrimination over their pregnancies are more likely to suffer stress and postpartum depression and to have babies that are born prematurely and with low birth weights, according to a study in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
For the children of working mothers, “negative consequences of perceived workplace discrimination can begin before a child is even born,” says the paper, which will appear in a future issue of the journal and was released electronically on July 2.