Maternal mindfulness during pregnancy and infant socio-emotional development and temperament: The mediating role of maternal anxiety

Early Human Development

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 103-108

  van den Heuvel, M I ^a   Johannes, M A ^a   Henrichs, J ^a   Van den Bergh, B R H ^a,b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Public Health and Family   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Foetal programming; Maternal anxiety; Maternal mindfulness; Self regulation; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; MATERNAL ANXIETY; MINDFULNESS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SOCIO EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERAMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPLICATION; EMOTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84924990129     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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