Pregnancy - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Psychometric testing of the Perception of Pregnancy Risk Questionnaire.

29 Sep 2009 Pregnant women's perception of risk may influence their health behaviors during pregnancy; however, no validated instrument exists to measure those perceptions. The purpose of this study was to refine a new instrument, the Perception of Pregnancy ... Read more...

Previous birth experience and birth anxiety: predictors of caesarean section on demand?

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate pregnant women's intentions for opting for caesarean section (CS), their experiences regarding previous births and their expectations for subsequent delivery. Our objectives were to identify ... Read more...

Prenatal fear of childbirth and anxiety sensitivity.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: Fear of childbirth (FOC) or what is historically referred to as tokophobia (a phobic state where a woman avoids childbirth despite desperately wanting a baby), is known to complicate the delivery process. In this study, the relationship ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Parenthood in exile] 29 Sep 2009
• Psychometric testing of the Perception of Pregnancy Risk Questionnaire. 29 Sep 2009
• Previous birth experience and birth anxiety: predictors of caesarean section on demand? 30 Aug 2009
• Prenatal fear of childbirth and anxiety sensitivity. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy. Foreword. 30 Aug 2009
• Do we scare because we care? 30 Aug 2009
• Reproduction rates after cytotoxic therapy. 15 Aug 2009
• Social support, life stress, and anxiety as predictors of pregnancy complications in low-income women. 30 Jul 2009
• South Australian rural women's views of their pregnancy, birthing and postnatal care. 13 Jul 2009
• Prevalence of anxiety, depression and associated factors among pregnant women of Hyderabad, Pakistan. 8 Jul 2009
• Coping in healthy primigravidae pregnant women. 29 Jun 2009
• Are maternal cortisol levels related to preterm birth? 29 Jun 2009
• The effect of pregnancy on hypnotizability. 29 Jun 2009
• [The case of Veronique Courjault - infanticide and placement of the bodies in the freezer (2)] 29 Jun 2009
• Prenatal stress and neurodevelopment of the child: focus on the HPA axis and role of the placenta. 15 Jun 2009
• [The case of Veronique Courjault - infanticide and placement of the bodies in the freezer] 15 Jun 2009
• Prevalence of health behaviours in pregnancy at service entry in a Queensland health service district. 30 May 2009
• Toward a multidimensional measure of pregnancy intentions: evidence from the United States. 30 May 2009
• Dietary quality during pregnancy varies by maternal characteristics in Project Viva: a US cohort. 30 May 2009
• Prenatal social support, postnatal social support, and postpartum depression. 11 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Pregnancy'

Definition: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

Descriptor UI: D011247

Alternative terms: Pregnancy; Pregnancies; Gestation;

Related Mesh Headings: Litter Size; Prenatal Care; Pseudopregnancy; Maternal-Fetal Relations; Pregnant Women;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug effects; ethnology; genetics; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; radiation effects; urine; ethics; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: G08.686.785.760.769;

History Note: 1963

Technical Notes: IM for articles on normal pregn, NIM as check tag; policy: Manual 18.4+, 28.16+; in children or adolescents, see note under PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; check tag FEMALE also; molar pregn = HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; surrogate pregnancy = SURROGATE MOTHERS; heterotopic pregnancy: see note under PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; for "pregnancy" in non-placental organisms: use OVIPARITY; OVOVIVIPARITY; or VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN; DF: PREGN