Associations of couples' balanced time perspective with maternal prenatal hair cortisol concentration and perceived stress.

Objective: The stress experienced by a woman during pregnancy not only has a negative impact on her well-being and physical health but also adversely affects the fetus. Stress is strongly linked with time perspective, defined as the tendency to focus on the past, present, or future. The study aimed to investigate how couples' balanced time perspective was related to maternal prenatal hair cortisol concentration and perceived stress in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy.

Partner's problematic social media use, woman's time perspective, and prenatal depression.

Purpose: Using social media can have negative consequences. The present study aimed to examine how the partner's problematic social media use (SMU) was related to the pregnant woman's time perspective and prenatal depression.

Methods: The study included 30 pregnant women and their 30 male partners.