Aim of the study:
The study aimed to investigate whether different dimensions of social support could parallelly mediate the relationship of existential meaning with subjective well-being among pregnant women.

Subject or material and methods:
The study was conducted on 266 pregnant women. It used the Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale, the Berlin Social Support Scales, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule.

Results:
Existential meanings were also positively associated with life satisfaction and positive affect, and negatively associated with negative affect. Perceived available support, support seeking, and received support were positively correlated with life satisfaction and positive affect. Three types of social support: perceived available support, received support, and protective buffering support were parallel mediators between existential meaning and the cognitive and affective dimensions of subjective well-being. In contrast, no mediating effects were found for the need for support and support seeking.

Discussion:
Results revealed that existential meaning correlated positively with perceived available support and received support, and negatively – with protective buffering support.

Conclusions:
These findings have important practical implications regarding the planning of health care programs for pregnant women: specifically, people from their close environment and medical professionals should present attitudes supporting pregnant women, not only for the prevention but also for promoting health and well-being.