Life Stress, Social Support, and Emotional Disequilibrium in Complications of Pregnancy: A Prospective, Multivariate Study

Social support: a genetic-epidemiologic analysis

“…In support of this is accumulating evidence that a range of putative environmental measures used in the behavioral sciences are influenced by genetic factors (29,30). Social support has been shown to predict a wide variety of medical and psychiatric outcomes, including coronary artery disease (31,32), pregnancy complications (33), depression (34), and alcoholism (35), although the mechanisms by which social support affects these diseases may not be straightforward (36).…”

"Assess the stress: Identifying psychosocial risk to optimize perinatal outcomes in military gravids"

“…Social support has been shown to moderate the effects of stress on perinatal outcomes; however, the perception of support is a more important indicator of positive outcomes than the amount or presence of support (Molfese, et al, 1987). Norbeck & Tilden (1983) conducted a prospective, multivariate study that found significant effects from life stress, social support and their interaction accounted for 20.8% of the variance in pregnancy complications, 5.7% in labor complications, and 9.1% of infant complications. The results support the goal of early identification and intervention to reduce the detrimental outcomes of increased life stress, low social support, and emotional disequilibrium.…”

“…Pregnancy is a dynamic event that involves many physiological, psychological, sociological, and developmental changes (Logsdon, 2000;Norbeck & Tilden, 1983). It represents a paradigm shift for the family (Malnory, 1996) who must adjust to changes in income and expenditure, home and social life, parenting roles, and self-image.…”

“…Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, (Logsdon, 2000;Norbeck & Tilden, 1983).This can lead to stress, which directly and indirectly affects maternal and fetal well being.Complications Although extensive research has been conducted over the past 30 years validating the link between psychosocial factors and perinatal outcomes, little attention is given to these in the perinatal setting. Obstetrical providers are still relying on biomedical and demographic information alone to determine perinatal risk.…”

“…Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, (Logsdon, 2000;Norbeck & Tilden, 1983).…”