assessing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based islamic –spiritual schemas on anxiety of mothers pregnancy and infants physiological health

abstract objective:anxiety of pregnancy influences the childbirth factors and pregnancy outcomes. mindfulness is an approach that can be used to control this anxiety. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of mindfulness-based islamic- spiritual schemas on pregnancy anxiety in pregnant women and their infants' physiological parameters.   method: this study was a pre- experimental study by pretest- posttest design with a control group. thirty women pregnant had 16 to 32 weeks were selected with the high score in anxiety of pregnancy questionnaire. the study participants were placed in two groups (one experimental with mindfulness-based islamic spiritual schema and another control) by chance selection. the dareshori anxiety of pregnancy questionnaire was used for collecting the data in pre-test and post-test stages. multivariate analysis of covariance was used for analyzing the data.    results: mindfulness-based islamic –spiritual schemas training reduced indicators of pregnancy anxiety ( fear of emotions and interpersonal relationships, fear of appearance changes and fear of childbirth) and increased the physiological characteristics of newborns (eg, weight, head circumference and score at the first minute and the fifth minute apgar).   conclusion: mindfulness-based islamic spiritual schema training is effective in reducing pregnancy anxiety and improving physiological parameters of their infants