Associations of couples' balanced time perspective with maternal prenatal hair cortisol concentration and perceived stress.
Małgorzata SobolAgata BłachnioElżbieta PlucińskaInna HryhorchukMichał MeisnerArtur WdowiakNatalia WdowiakPaulina SzczepaniakKonrad S JankowskiPublished in: Psychoneuroendocrinology (2024)
The results suggest the significance of the partner's time perspective for the pregnant woman's mental health. The partner's unbalanced, negative time perspective in the first trimester may increase the pregnant woman's stress in the third trimester. This effect can be even stronger than that of the woman's time perspective.