Experiential avoidance as a mediator of risk factors for higher order internalizing psychopathology in the perinatal period.

Objectives: Perinatal psychopathology can be damaging. This study examined the strength of the associations between risk factors and all perinatal mood and anxiety disorder symptoms while assessing the mediating effect of experiential avoidance.

Method: Participants (N = 246) completed assessments during pregnancy (28-32 weeks) and the postpartum (6-8 weeks).