Trial reportMaternal and child health journal2023
Perceived Social Support and Women's Empowerment and Their Associations with Pregnancy Experiences in Anxious Women: A Study from Urban Pakistan.
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Happy Mother-Healthy Baby: An Anxiety-focused Early Prenatal Intervention for the Prevention of Common Mental Disorders in Pakistan
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations between exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and infant developmental delay: moderating role of women's empowerment at six weeks postpartum.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Effect of life skills training on marital relations, self-esteem and anxiety levels of Iranian pregnant women exposed to intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
- A psychosocial intervention for prenatal anxiety decreases functional disability among pregnant Pakistani women: A moderated mediation approach using data from a randomized controlled trial.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Trial
- Multiple mediation analysis of a task-shared psychosocial intervention for perinatal anxiety: Exploratory findings from a randomized controlled trial in Pakistan.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Trial
- Association between maternal and neonatal outcomes and psychosocial risk levels in pregnant women: a convergent parallel mixed methods study protocol.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Maternal Responsiveness, Parenting Self-efficacy, and Economic Empowerment: Determinants of Infant Development in Pakistan.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2026Article
- Social Support and Spousal Relationship Quality Improves Responsiveness among Anxious Mothers.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Impact of prenatal depression, anxiety and stress on low birth weight: a retrospective case-control study in Karachi, Pakistan.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Pathway linking unwanted pregnancy to low birth weight in Indonesia: A conditional mediation analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Exploring the first-time transition to parenthood in mainland China: a qualitative study on the experiences of fathers and mothers using the transition shock model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesPsychological distress in pregnancy is associated with adverse postnatal outcomes. We aimed to identify how social support and women's empowerment are associated with pregnancy-specific daily experiences among women suffering antenatal anxiety in Pakistan.
methodsData were collected as part of a randomized controlled trial of a psychosocial intervention for antenatal anxiety in a tertiary hospital in Pakistan. We included 594 women in early pregnancy (≤ 22 weeks) who endorsed mild to severe anxiety symptoms. Generalized linear regression models were used to analyze the associations of perceived social support and women's empowerment in relation to pregnancy-specific daily hassles and uplifts using a culturally adapted and psychometrically validated version of the Pregnancy Experience Scale-Brief.
resultsHigh social support was positively associated with frequency and intensity of positive pregnancy-specific experiences (B = 0.39, 95% CI 0.23-0.54 uplifts frequency; and B = 0.17, 95% CI 0.12-0.22 uplifts intensity), and was inversely associated with frequency of negative pregnancy-specific experiences (B = - 0.44, 95% CI - 0.66, - 0.22). Women's household empowerment was associated with greater uplifts frequency and intensity (B = 0.55, 95% CI 0.20-0.90 frequency; and B = 0.28, 95% CI 0.17-0.40 intensity). High social support and household empowerment were inversely related to PES hassle-to-uplift ratio scores. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: Greater social support and household empowerment were associated with positive pregnancy-specific experiences in the context of antenatal anxiety in Pakistan.
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