Abstract
Abstract
Objectives
During the perinatal period, women are exposed to major changes, holding possible adverse effects on psychological well-being and child development. An effective way of coping with these challenges and adjustments could be mindfulness. The current study examined associations of mindfulness facets during pregnancy with toddler’s social-emotional development and behavior problems, as well as potentially mediating effects of maternal mental health.
Method
A total of 167 women completed questionnaires during pregnancy, the postpartum period, and 2 and 3 years after childbirth, assessing dispositional mindfulness, pregnancy distress, symptoms of anxiety and depression, child social-emotional development, and child behavior problems.
Results
There was a positive association between maternal non-reacting mindfulness skills and child social-emotional development at 2 years of age, regardless of mothers’ perinatal mental health, whereas other mindfulness facets were unrelated. Pregnancy distress mediated the association between maternal non-judging skills during pregnancy and child externalizing problem behavior, but no other mediating effects were found.
Conclusions
Non-reacting skills in mothers during pregnancy may have favorable implications for child social-emotional development. Due to the relatively high number of tests that were conducted, the mediating effect of pregnancy distress must be interpreted with caution.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Applied Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Health (social science),Social Psychology
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