Effects of prenatal mindfulness-based childbirth education on child-bearers’ trajectories of distress: a randomized control trial

Table 2 Correlations of Distress Components and Mindfulness

	STAIT_T2	STAIT_T3	STAIT_T4	PSS_T1	PSS_T2	PSS_T3	PSS_T4	CESD_T1	CESD_T2	CESD_T3	CESD_T4	FFMQ_T1
STAIT_T1	0.631^***	0.334	0.503^**	0.676^***	0.356	0.069	0.385	0.565^**	0.332	−0.095	0.330	−0.678^***
STAIT_T2		0.577^**	0.794^***	0.427^*	0.759^***	0.186	0.654^***	0.413^*	0.695^***	0.259	0.550^**	−0.404^*
STAIT_T3			0.714^***	0.140	0.750^***	0.643^***	0.745^***	0.266	0.652^***	0.712^***	0.625^***	−0.183
STAIT_T4				0.227	0.692^***	0.182	0.904^***	0.266	0.714^***	0.426^*	0.836^***	−0.367
PSS_T1					0.397^*	−0.185	0.127	0.820^***	0.303	−0.202	0.119	−0.631^***
PSS_T2						0.454^*	0.668^***	0.459^*	0.806^***	0.593^**	0.578^**	−0.353
PSS_T3							0.363	−0.089	0.289	0.750^***	0.174	0.002
PSS_T4								0.259	0.710^***	0.579^**	0.850^***	−0.266
CESD_T1									0.510^**	0.047	0.298	−0.567^**
CESD_T2										0.493^**	0.716^***	−0.181
CESD_T3											0.487^*	0.061
CESD_T4												−0.267
FFMQ_T1

Computed correlation used pearson-method with pairwise-deletion
Note. CESD = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression, FFMQ = Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, PSS = Perceived Stress Scale, STAIT = State Trait Anxiety Inventory – Trait
*indicates p < .05. ** indicates p < .01. *** indicates p < .001

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