Coping with Childbirth: Brain Structural Associations of Personal Growth Initiative

Major life events require psychological adaptations and can be accompanied by brain structural and functional changes. The goal of the current study was to investigate the association of Personal Growth Initiative (PGI) as a form of proactive coping strategy before childbirth, with gray matter volume after delivery. Childbirth is one of the few predictable major life-events, which, while being one of the most positive experiences for many, is...