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Research Interests
What separates people who can thrive in the face of stress from those who succumb to mood disorders? How do early and later relationships buffer or exacerbate stress vulnerabilities, and how can people learn to respond more adaptively to daily stressors? Dr. Laurent’s research focuses on (1) defining what we mean by stress “regulation” by relating multiple biological (i.e., neural, neuroendocrine, autonomic) and behavioral stress response facets to psychological symptoms and well-being; (2) identifying developmental paths shaping stress regulation, including prenatal and postnatal influences of parental depression; and (3) determining how practices such as mindfulness can improve stress regulation, and whom such practices are most likely to benefit. Her work combines stress physiology monitoring, neuroimaging, and/or behavioral observation as people respond to naturalistic stressors that arise within close interpersonal relationships, toward the ultimate goal of interrupting intergenerational cycles of stress dysregulation and depression.
Creative/Performing Interests
Stress regulation; Mindfulness; Depression; Close relationships
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Research Output
Can Simulated Nature Support Mental Health? Comparing Short, Single-Doses of 360-Degree Nature Videos in Virtual Reality With the Outdoors
Browning, M. H. E. M., Mimnaugh, K. J., van Riper, C. J., Laurent, H. K. & LaValle, S. M., Jan 15 2020, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 2667.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Assessing the Impact of Mindfulness and Life Stress on Maternal Well-Being
Khan, F. & Laurent, H. K., Jan 1 2019, In : Mindfulness. 10, 1, p. 26-35 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Challenges in Characterizing the “Mommy Brain”
Laurent, H., Apr 3 2019, In : Parenting. 19, 1-2, p. 94-96 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Childhood abuse predicts affective symptoms via HPA reactivity during mother-infant stress
Kern, S. & Laurent, H. K., Sep 2019, In : Psychoneuroendocrinology. 107, p. 19-25 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Maternal stress and social support prospectively predict infant inflammation
Nelson, B. W., Wright, D. B., Allen, N. B. & Laurent, H. K., Jan 1 2019, In : Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article