The relationship between mindful self-care and maternal-fetal attachment in pregnant women: the parallel mediating effects of positive and negative affect
Positive and negative affect play parallel mediating roles in the relationship between mindful self-care and MFA, emphasizing the critical role of emotion regulation in developing prenatal MFA and underscore the important value of mindful self-care as a psychological resource during pregnancy, which provides new perspectives for future theoretical models and intervention designs.
Authors
- Ting Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6083-1952)
- Meng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7095-0170)
- Hanjiao Liu
- Yujie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2978-4841)
- Liangliang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5249-7480)
- Caiyun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9539-2155)
- Junfan Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6057-6719)
- Yan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3778-1325)
- Xueyi Sun
Institutions
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Integrated Chinese Medicine (China) (HK)
- Zhengzhou Central Hospital (CN)
- University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- Nanjing Chest Hospital (CN)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Zhengzhou People's Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Shenzhen Pingle Orthopedic Hospital (CN)
- Henan Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1672476
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00