Mijalevich-Soker Elad, Taubman-Ben-Ari Orit
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University.
Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University.
Psychol Trauma. 2025 Oct;17(7):1416-1424. doi: 10.1037/tra0001849. Epub 2025 Jan 23.
The present study aimed to examine the contribution of self-compassion and perceived social support from family, partner, and friends, along with pregnancy-related variables, and concerns about the fetus and childbirth, to pregnant women's mental health, comparing two different crises.
A sample of 220 women was recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic, and another sample of 224 women was recruited during the Israel-Hamas war. Participants were enrolled through a convenience sample and completed a set of self-report questionnaires.
Women's mental health, self-compassion, and perceived support from family and partner were significantly higher during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the war. Furthermore, women's mental health had positive and significant associations with self-compassion and perceived social support from all sources. Moreover, the association between self-compassion and mental health was moderated by the event.
The findings suggest that the pregnancy period should be examined under various unique stressful events to better understand the appropriate coping resources that can ameliorate women's stress due to a major stressful event alongside the challenges inherent in pregnancy itself. They also suggest that self-compassion is a context-dependent variable and more dynamic than previously understood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究旨在考察自我同情、来自家人、伴侣和朋友的感知社会支持、与怀孕相关的变量以及对胎儿和分娩的担忧对孕妇心理健康的影响，并比较两种不同的危机情况。
在新冠疫情期间招募了220名女性样本，在以色列与哈马斯战争期间招募了224名女性样本。参与者通过便利抽样入选，并完成了一系列自我报告问卷。
与战争期间相比，新冠疫情期间女性的心理健康、自我同情以及来自家人和伴侣的感知支持显著更高。此外，女性的心理健康与自我同情以及来自所有来源的感知社会支持呈显著正相关。而且，自我同情与心理健康之间的关联受事件的调节。
研究结果表明，应在各种独特的压力事件背景下考察孕期情况，以便更好地理解哪些适当的应对资源能够缓解女性因重大压力事件以及孕期本身固有挑战而产生的压力。研究结果还表明，自我同情是一个依赖情境的变量，比之前所理解的更具动态性。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》(c) 2025美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
