ArticleJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings2022
The Role of Personality Traits and Delivery Experience in Fear of Childbirth: A Prospective Study.
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- Influence of instrument choice on fear of childbirth after assisted vaginal delivery: A secondary analysis of the Bergen birth study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Observational
- Anxiety Sensitivity in the Perinatal Period: A Scoping Review.Mental health & prevention · 2025Article
- Personality Traits, Stress, Anxiety, Depression Levels, Fear of Childbirth, and Affecting Factors in Turkish University Students.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to examine fear of childbirth (FOC) before and after delivery in relation to personality (anxiety and anxiety sensitivity) and birth experience (type of delivery, pain, and staff support). One-hundred and five women completed questionnaires during pregnancy and one month after childbirth. Participants completed the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire; the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory and Anxiety Sensitivity Index, and the McGill Pain Questionnaire and a Support from staff questionnaire. FOC levels decreased after childbirth, but only in the high-level fear group. Path analysis showed that physical concerns, one aspect of anxiety sensitivity, shape FOC during pregnancy. Together with interventions at delivery (instrumental vaginal delivery and emergency caesarean section), pain and low staff support, this in turn modifies FOC after delivery. In conclusion, FOC decreases after childbirth. However, combined with adverse birth experience and certain personality traits, FOC during pregnancy affects FOC after delivery.
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