SynthesisHealth psychology review2014
Coping during pregnancy: a systematic review and recommendations.
Synthesis in Health psychology review, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04876014 (A Guided Mobile-Based Perinatal Mindfulness Intervention - A Randomized Control Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 117 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Guided Mobile-Based Perinatal Mindfulness Intervention - A Randomized Control Trial
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117 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 284 citations in OpenAlex.
- Positive psychology interventions during pregnancy: A systematic review.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2026Pooled it
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- The role of emotion regulation in perinatal depression and anxiety: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare students.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Exploring trauma-informed prenatal care preferences through diverse pregnant voices.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
- The effects of exercise on anxiety symptoms in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a pilot study.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2025Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Group Versus Individual Prenatal Care on Psychosocial Outcomes.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2023Trial
- Omega-3 supplementation from pregnancy to postpartum to prevent depressive symptoms: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Trial
- Preconception Learned Helplessness as a Cognitive Vulnerability to Lower Maternal Bonding Across the Perinatal Period.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- When More Is Not Always Better: Linear and Nonlinear Predictors of Maternal Wellbeing During Pregnancy.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Negative Pregnancy Experiences and Psychological Distress: Associations with Active Coping and Marital Satisfaction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Mental health symptoms following a pregnancy complicated by cardiovascular disease: scoping review.BJPsych open · 2026Review
- Coping Styles and General Self-Efficacy Among Pregnant Women: Evidence from a Multicenter Study in Tunisia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Psychological Flexibility and Spiritual Well-Being With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Phenomenological study of the lived experiences of pregnant women following the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities in the second half of pregnancy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Maternal Depressive Symptomology and Small-for-Gestational-Age: Do Coping Efforts Moderate the Relationship?Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Breaking the Cycle of Preterm Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study on Maternal Stress and Recurrent Preterm Birth.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Coping Styles, Postpartum Depression, and Anxiety in Romanian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Brief COPE Inventory.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Separation anxiety disorder in pregnancy: The relationship between attachment styles, childhood trauma, and prenatal attachment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
Extensive evidence documents that prenatal maternal stress predicts a variety of adverse physical and psychological health outcomes for the mother and baby. However, the importance of the ways that women cope with stress during pregnancy is less clear. We conducted a systematic review of the English-language literature on coping behaviours and coping styles in pregnancy using PsycInfo and PubMed to identify 45 cross-sectional and longitudinal studies involving 16,060 participants published between January 1990 and June 2012. Although results were often inconsistent across studies, the literature provides some evidence that avoidant coping behaviours or styles and poor coping skills in general are associated with postpartum depression, preterm birth and infant development. Variability in study methods including differences in sample characteristics, timing of assessments, outcome variables and measures of coping styles or behaviours may explain the lack of consistent associations. To advance the scientific study of coping in pregnancy, we call attention to the need for a priori hypotheses and greater use of pregnancy-specific, daily process, and skills-based approaches. There is promise in continuing this area of research, particularly in the possible translation of consistent findings to effective interventions, but only if the conceptual basis and methodological quality of research improve.
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