mbcp research
Principal Investigator: Larissa Duncan, PhD,
Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child & Family Well-Being and Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
initial findings
Increased positive affect
Increased childbirth self-efficacy
Increased mindfulness
Decreased pregnancy-related anxiety
Decreased perceived stress
Decreased fear of childbirth
Decreased pain catastrophizing
Decreased postpartum depression symptoms
professional publications & peer-reviewed articles
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2009: “Mindfulness approaches to childbirth and parenting” in the British Journal of Midwifery
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2009: “A Model of Mindful Parenting: Implications for Parent–Child Relationships and Prevention Research.” in the Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
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2010: “Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Education (MBCP): Promoting Family Mindfulness During the Perinatal Period” in the Journal of Child and Family Studies
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2012: “A mindfulness approach to antenatal preparation” in the British Journal of Midwifery
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2013: “Mindfulness in maternity” in the British Journal of Midwifery
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2014: “Mind in labor: Effects of mind/body training on childbirth appraisals and pain medication use during labor” [abstract] in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
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2014: “Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP): A health promotion model for childbirth education” in the International Journal of Birth & Parent Education
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2015: “Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP): Innovation in birth preparation to support healthy, happy families” in the International Journal of Birth & Parent Education
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2016: “Mindfulness in Maternity: Evaluation of a Course for Midwives” in the British Journal of Midwifery
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2016: “‘I’ve Changed My Mind,’ Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) for pregnant women with a high level of fear of childbirth and their partners: study protocol of the quasi-experimental controlled trial” in BMC Psychiatry
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2017: “CenteringPregnancy With Mindfulness Skills: Enhancing the Thread of Presence” in The CenteringPregnancy® Model (pp. 188-202)
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2017: “Benefits of preparing for childbirth with mindfulness training: a randomized controlled trial with active comparison” in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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2018: “Experiences of Postpartum Women after Mindfulness Childbirth Classes: A Qualitative Study” in Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health
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2018: “What is learned from Mindfulness Based Childbirth and Parenting Education? – Participants’ experiences” in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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2019: "A mindfulness and compassion-based program applied to pregnant women and their partners to decrease depression symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial" in the National Library of Medicine.
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2020: "Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting: Preparing a new generation for childbirth and beyond" in Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes
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2020: Effects of prenatal mindfulness-based childbirth education on child-bearers’ trajectories of distress: a randomized control trial" in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
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