The mediating role of perceived social support between anxiety symptoms and life satisfaction in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Yu, Mingli; Qiu, Tian; Liu, Chunli; Cui, Qi; Wu, Hui

doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01479-w

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“…On correlation analysis, our study explored that the scores of all MSPSS components had significant positive association with WHOQOL‐BREF score and the score of overall MSPSS scale has explained 2.6% of unique variance ( t ‐value = 3.6, p < .001) in WHOQOL‐BREF scale. This finding is in line with previous studies (Elsenbruch et al., 2007; Shishehgar et al., 2013; Lau et al, 2014; Yu et al., 2020) which had stated that pregnant mothers with good social support had better quality of life. This can be explained by the fact that support and encouragement during pregnancy could help women to decrease negative emotions which in turn improve quality of life.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…During COVID‐19 pandemic, social support has identified as having negative effect against maternal anxiety (Yue et al., 2020) and perceived stress (Alan et al., 2020) in pregnant mothers. Supportively, during current pandemic, the likelihood of anxiety and depressive symptoms was potentially increased in pregnant women with poor support from family members (Molgora & Accordini, 2020) and greater life satisfaction was associated with better perceived social support (Yu et al., 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Health‐related quality of life among Ethiopian pregnant women during COVID‐19 pandemic

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Objective To explore the quality of life and its association with perceived social support and pandemic fear among pregnant women. Methods Cross‐sectional study was conducted among 384 pregnant mothers at southwest Ethiopia from August 1, 2020, to August 15, 2020. Participants were included by consecutive sampling. Quality of life was assessed by short version of WHO quality of life. Social support and fear of COVID‐19 were evaluated by Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and fear of COVID‐19 scale (FCoV‐19S), respectively. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 23.0. Frequency and percentage for categorical variables, and mean ± SD for continuous variables were calculated. Independent sample t test and ANOVA were employed to compare the groups of normally distributed variables. Multiple regressions were performed, and Pearson correlation (r) was used to explore the relationships. Statistical significance was declared at p < .05, and 95% CI was calculated. Results The mean age of the participants was 31.3 ± 7.7, and 40.4% of them were between the ages of 25–34. The mean scores of participants those living with <5 family members and those living with ≥5 family members were significantly different [t(382) = 3.09, p = .002]. Participants with primary education have significantly high mean score of WHOQOL‐BREF from those participants with no formal education (p = .028, MD = −1.9). Moderate negative correlation was observed between the scores of WHOQOL‐BREF and FCoV‐19S. All the components of MSPSS had positively associated with WHOQOL‐BREF score at significant level. On final model, FCoV‐19S score has uniquely accounted for 19.4% of variance in WHOQOL‐BREF. Conclusions Perceived social support has positively linked to QOL among pregnant women during COVID‐19 pandemic. Pandemic‐related fear has negative association with QOL and may be considered independent contributor of decreased quality of life in this population.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health‐related quality of life among Ethiopian pregnant women during COVID‐19 pandemic

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“…Our results are also congruent with the mediation model or indirect effects of the perceived medium (Quittner et al, 1990;Yu et al, 2020), but also withThe social support deterioration model,which posits that the psychological mechanism by which the impact ofpotentially traumatic events on mental health is both direct and indirect, through disturbances in the social network and the decrease in the perception of the availability of social support (Kaniasty & Norris, 2004;Norris & Waniasty, 1996).…”

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Stress, online courses and parenting during COVID19 pandemic

Stănescu

2021

Studia Doctoralia

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In March 2020, the World Health Organisation declares a pandemic of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV) COVID-19 and on 23rd of April the first official report on its evolution and effects emerges. A state of medical emergency and quarantine is imposed in all affected countries. This study proposed a research of what parenting entails and which are the implications of parenting in a crisis context for young people, particularly how perceived parental support and perceived support work on the relationship between stress on one hand, and depression and anxiety on the other hand, especially for those who study online due to context. The proposed sample consists of 104 students aged 18 to 25. Participants self-reported on their attitude towards online school, perceived stress levels, perceived parental and maternal support and anxiety and depression levels. The procedure consists of completing online questionnaires. The statistical procedure used is the mediation analysis. The results show that there is a partial mediation effect of perceived parental support and perceived parental support in the relationship between stress and anxiety, and the attitude towards the online academic races leave to an increase in perceived stress levels. These results could be used for programs to prevent the negative effects associated with online school and the effects of long-term social isolation, as well as for psychological education and parenting programs in emergency situation.

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“…While all of these factors may have an additive effect on the anxiety state of an individual it is important to also realize that each factor can also individually lead to increased anxiety. Environmental factors can include daily life stressors or hassles related to daily responsibilities at home or at work 20,21 . Additionally, the amount of social support received can also contribute to anxiety disorders as the availability of intimate partner support has been reported to serve as a predictor of anxiety in pregnancy 22 .…”

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An Overview of Maternal Anxiety During Pregnancy and the Post-Partum Period

Araji¹,

Griffin²,

Dixon³

et al. 2020

J Ment Health Clin Psychol

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Anxiety during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes in mothers and infants. Unfortunately, as anxiety is often synonymously mentioned with depression, the studies focusing solely on anxiety during pregnancy are not as robust as those in the field of depression are. In this work, we provide an overview of what is currently known about general anxiety during pregnancy, pregnancy-related anxiety and the potential impacts anxiety could have on post-partum care. An overview of potential risk factors, post-partum maternal outcomes, infant outcome along with pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments are covered with a specific focus on high-risk pregnancies. Although anxiety during pregnancy is normative; anxiety can become problematic and negatively impact upon behavior, resulting in potential harm to the mother, as well as her developing fetus or child (ren) at home. The clinical diagnosis for anxiety and conditions associated with anxiety often require lengths of time that are not applicable for the pregnant patient, which has led to diagnosis and terms such as pregnancy-related anxiety. Importantly, increasing awareness about the increased potential risk to mothers who may be affected by anxiety during pregnancy or the post-partum period has the potential to improve maternal mental health screening and access to care.

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The mediating role of perceived social support between anxiety symptoms and life satisfaction in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 46 publications

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Health‐related quality of life among Ethiopian pregnant women during COVID‐19 pandemic

Health‐related quality of life among Ethiopian pregnant women during COVID‐19 pandemic

Stress, online courses and parenting during COVID19 pandemic

An Overview of Maternal Anxiety During Pregnancy and the Post-Partum Period

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