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- Title
The effect of the personality traits of pregnant women on the fear of childbirth.
- Authors
Gönenç, İlknur Münevver; Aker, Menekşe Nazlı; Güven, Huriye; Moraloğlu Tekin, Özlem
- Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effects of pregnant women's personality traits on the fear of childbirth (FOC). Design and methods: In total, 422 pregnant women who consulted an antenatal polyclinic at a hospital in Turkey were included in this descriptive cross‐sectional study. For data collection, a demographic questionnaire, the Quick Big Five Personality Test, and version A of the Wijma delivery expectancy questionnaire (W‐DEQ A) were used. Findings: It was determined that as the scores of two of the personality traits, ie, agreeableness and conscientiousness, increased, planned pregnancies increased. The W‐DEQ A median score was 61.5. The variables affecting the W‐DEQ A score included emotional stability, agreeableness, openness to experience, and conscientiousness. Practice implications: Determining the personality traits of pregnant women can contribute to helping individuals with personality traits related to the FOC during the antenatal period.
- Subjects
TURKEY; CHI-squared test; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE intervals; CONSCIENCE; FEAR; RESEARCH methodology; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; PATH analysis (Statistics); PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY tests; PREGNANT women; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; MANN Whitney U Test; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; ATTITUDES toward pregnancy
- Publication
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2020, Vol 56, Issue 2, p347
- ISSN
0031-5990
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ppc.12440