The relational dimension in mindfulness intervention effects: results of a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based childbirth and parenting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although secular mindfulness interventions draw from contemplative traditions emphasizing relationality, evidence for impacts of such interventions on relational outcomes remains inconsistent. This study was designed to clarify conditions under which mindfulness training can improve relational functioning in a perinatal context where quality of relationship-building carries particularly important consequences for intergenerational health.

Methods

We used a randomized controlled trial to test effects of prenatal participation in Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) vs. community birthing classes on trajectories of anxious birthing-people's individual (dispositional mindfulness, mental health, parenting stress) and relational (mindfulness in parenting,

SUBMITTER: Laurent HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12065269 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature