Is pregnancy-specific anxiety more enduring than general anxiety using self-report measures? A short-term longitudinal study

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
Stephen Matthey, Kay Souter

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether the rates of transient and enduring distress differ between general and pregnancy-specific anxiety in antenatal English-speaking women. Background: Evidence indicates that half of women with high levels of general anxiety during pregnancy will no longer be highly anxious after a few weeks, without having received treatment. Pregnancy-specific anxiety, however, may be more enduring, as many worries concerning the forthcoming birth, whether the baby will be healthy and the woman's ability to care for a newborn are likely to continue, or increase, during the pregnancy. Method: Women attending a public hospital antenatal clinic completed several mood questionnaires, including a mix of general anxiety and pregnancy-specific anxiety scales (T1). Between 2 and weeks later (T2), still during pregnancy, participants completed the same measures via a phone interview. Results: Between 76 and 243 women completed the different measures at both time points. For each measure the result was similar: about half of women scoring high at the first assessment (T1) continued to score high at T2 on both the general and pregnancy-specific anxiety measures, despite not receiving any specialist intervention. By contras...Continue Reading

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