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2026
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- Role of Maternal Mindfulness in Longitudinal Mother–Infant Neuroendocrine Reciprocity in an Urban, Low‐Income White Sample Kento Suzuki Heidemarie Laurent Developmental Psychobiology ABSTRACT Mother–infant physiological reciprocity plays a crucial role in child well‐being and development. While mindfulness in parenting has been linked to mother–infant stress responses, no research has examined its relationship with developmental trajectories of neuroendocrine reciprocity. This study addresses this gap by examining maternal mindfulness—both alone and in the context of parenting risk and protective factors—in relation to mother–infant cortisol reciprocity over time. Using data from 56 predominantly White, urban, low‐income mother–infant dyads in the United States followed from 3 to 18 months postpartum, we tested maternal mindful parenting at 3 months as a predictor of both (1) within‐session reciprocity of mother and infant cortisol responses to acute stress and (2) across‐session reciprocity of developmental shifts in their cortisol levels from 6 to 18 months. Three‐level hierarchical linear models revealed that higher maternal mindful parenting, greater history of positive parental bonding, and lower parenting stress were associated with more inverse mother–infant cortisol reciprocity across timepoints. In addition, parenting stress moderated the effect of mindful parenting: the inverse relation with reciprocity held for most dyads (60%), though reversed for those with the highest stress levels (top 9%). Findings delineate when and how positive versus inverse reciprocity may be adaptive and underscore the role of mindful parenting in mother–infant psychophysiological stress co‐adaptation. 10.1002/dev.70153 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/