Department of Psychology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, USA.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2023 Sep;41(4):403-416. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2021.2009451. Epub 2021 Dec 8.
The current study investigated the role of multiple psychological factors in predicting women's subjective birthing experiences.
An online prospective survey methodology was conducted with women in the US who had never before given birth. Participants (N = 101) completed surveys regarding their personality traits, childbirth fear, and childbirth self-efficacy in their third trimester of pregnancy (range 28-40 weeks gestation). After giving birth (range 5-50 days post birth), participants (N = 58) completed a measure of subjective childbirth experience.
Significant correlations were found between personality traits, childbirth fear, childbirth self-efficacy, and subjective childbirth experience. Neuroticism, fear, and self-efficacy were all correlated with childbirth experiences. However, regression analysis indicated that only childbirth fear significantly predicted subjective childbirth experiences.
While previous research has looked at the relationships between personality and expectations or personality and experiences separately, the current findings underscore the importance of including all variables in order to get the most effective picture of the relationships among these variables. The results from the current study can inform methods of identifying women at-risk for negative birth expectations and inform interventions aimed at reducing negative childbirth experiences.
本研究旨在探讨多种心理因素在预测女性主观分娩体验中的作用。
采用在线前瞻性调查方法，对从未分娩过的美国妇女进行研究。参与者（N=101）在妊娠第 3 期（妊娠 28-40 周）完成了关于个性特征、分娩恐惧和分娩自我效能感的调查。分娩后（分娩后 5-50 天），参与者（N=58）完成了一项主观分娩体验的测量。
个性特征、分娩恐惧、分娩自我效能感与主观分娩体验之间存在显著相关性。神经质、恐惧和自我效能感均与分娩体验相关。然而，回归分析表明，只有分娩恐惧显著预测了主观分娩体验。
虽然之前的研究分别研究了个性与期望或个性与体验之间的关系，但目前的研究结果强调了为了更有效地了解这些变量之间的关系，需要包括所有变量。本研究的结果可以为识别有负面分娩期望风险的妇女的方法提供信息，并为旨在减少负面分娩体验的干预措施提供信息。
