Mindfulness skills during pregnancy: Prospective associations with mother's mood and neonatal birth weight

Mindfulness skills have been associated with better mood and several health related outcomes. Because depressed mood during pregnancy has been related to worse child outcomes, the aim was to examine the association of mindfulness skills during pregnancy with the mother's depressive symptoms, gestational age, and neonatal birth weight.
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research