title: Prenatal yoga in late pregnancy and optimism, power, and well-being.
abstract: The study reported here explored changes in optimism, power, and well-being over time in women who participated in a six-week prenatal yoga program during their second and third trimesters of pregnancy. The study was conceptualized from the perspective of Rogers' science of unitary human beings. A correlational, one-group, pre-post-assessment survey design with a convenience sample was conducted. Increases in mean scores for optimism, power, and well-being were statistically significant from baseline to completion of the prenatal yoga program. Findings from this study suggested that yoga as a self-care practice that nurses might recommend to promote well-being in pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, East Carolina University College of Nursing.
authors.forename: Pamela J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: Martha R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Alligood
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D015013:Yoga
keywords: Rogers; optimism; power; prenatal; science of unitary human beings; well-being