@article{3c04591932474e96bad2f2d992bfbcce,
title = "Effect of a mindfulness-based pilot intervention on maternal-fetal bonding",
abstract = "This pilot study explored the effects of a two-week mindfulness-based intervention designed to enhance maternal-fetal bonding among pregnant women. Participants who listened to their baby{\textquoteright}s heartbeat every day for two weeks and received four texts per week with mindfulness-based activities to do from home reported a significant increase in reported maternal-fetal attachment scores across the study period. Enhancing maternal-fetal bonding through this low-cost intervention has the potential for reducing adverse birth outcomes.",
keywords = "Attachment, Bonding, Intervention, MFAS, Mindfulness, Pregnancy",
author = "Shreffler, {Karina M.} and Stacy Tiemeyer and Lucia Ciciolla and Julie Croff",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported in part by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (P20GM109097; Jennifer Hays-Grudo, PI). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The study sponsor had no role in study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, writing the report, or the decision to submit the report for publication. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2019 annual conference of the American Academy of Health Behavior in Greenville, SC. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Shreffler et al.",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
day = "21",
doi = "10.2147/IJWH.S203836",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
pages = "377--380",
journal = "International Journal of Women's Health",
issn = "1179-1411",
publisher = "Dove Medical Press Ltd.",
}