Personality impacts fear of childbirth and subjective birth experiences: A prospective-longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research suggests that less emotionally stable, less conscientious, less extraverted, and less agreeable women tend to suffer from higher fear of childbirth and experience their delivery as worse. Moreover, there is evidence that birth characteristics and unexpected incidents during delivery may impact women's birth experiences. However, it remains unknown whether the role of personality in subjective birth experiences varies between women with different birth characteristics.

Methods

We used data from the Maternal Anxiety in Relation to Infant Development (MARI) Study, a regional-epidemiological study among pregnant women, who were prospectively followed up in multiple waves across the peripartum period. During pregnancy, personality was assessed with th

SUBMITTER: Asselmann E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8565718 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature