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The Bootstrap mediation effect test was used to test the effect relationship between variables, and Amos was used to establish the structural equation model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among the 750 participants, 122 (16.2%) had moderate or greater pregnancy stress (PPS &amp;gt; 1), 372 (49.6%) had mild or greater anxiety symptoms (GAD-7 &amp;gt; 5), and 241 (32.1%) had good or higher mental resilience score. Pregnancy stress negatively affected resilience (\u03b2 = \u22120.37, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01), and resilience also negatively affected prenatal anxiety (\u03b2 = \u22120.12, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). The mediating effect value of resilience was 8.3%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pregnancy stress, mental resilience, and prenatal anxiety were significantly correlated, and mental resilience played a partial mediating role in the influence of pregnancy stress on prenatal anxiety. 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