The relationship between personality characteristics and fear of childbirth: A descriptive study

Dursun, Eda; Kızılırmak, Aynur; Mucuk, Salime

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2020.09.018

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“…Bu çalışmada da dışa dönük kişilik özelliğine sahip kadınların travmatik doğum algılarını ifade etmede daha rahat olduklarından, travmatik doğum algısı puanlarının diğerlerine göre yüksek olduğu düşünülmektedir. Duygusal olarak dengeli olan bireylerin yaşam olayları karşısında daha dengeli olup stres durumlarını daha iyi yönettikleri bilinmektedir (35). Yüksek doğum korkusu ise travmatik doğum algısını arttırıcı etkiye sahip olabilmektedir.…”

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The Effect of Women’s Personality Traits on Traumatic Birth Perception

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ÖzGiriş: Kadın yaşamında eşsiz bir deneyim olan doğum genellikle olumlu bir olay olarak algılanmaktadır. Amaç: Bu çalışma 18-65 yaş arasındaki kadınların kişilik özelliklerinin travmatik doğum algısına etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı. Yöntem: Kesitsel tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı tipteki çalışmanın evrenini Türkiye'de yaşayan 18-65 yaş aralığındaki kadınlar, örneklemini ise İstanbul'da yaşayan, Türkçe dilini okuyup anlayabilen ve çalışmaya katılımda gönüllü 300 kadın oluşturdu. Veri toplama aracı olarak "Katılımcı Tanıtım Formu", "Cervantes Kişilik Ölçeği (CKÖ)" ve "Travmatik Doğum Algısı Ölçeği (TDAÖ)" kullanıldı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Tek Yönlü ANOVA testi, bağımsız örneklem t testi, Spearman korelasyon testleri ve çoklu regresyon analizinden yararlanıldı. Bulgular: Çalışmada katılımcıların %17.3'ünün olumsuz doğum deneyimi varken, %77'si başkalarından olumsuz doğum hikayeleri dinlemişti. Olumsuz doğum deneyimi olduğunu ifade eden kadınlar diğerlerine göre daha dışa dönük kişilik özelliğine sahipti. Çalışmada TDAÖ toplam puanı 64.57 ± 31.48 idi. CKÖ alt boyut puanları; dışa/içe dönük olma 17.06 ± 3.51, duygusal denge 17.27 ± 5.51 ve tutarlı/tutarsız olma 17.00 ± 4.33 bulundu. Kişilik ölçeği alt boyutlarından duygusal denge alt boyutu ile tutarlı/tutarsız olma alt boyutu arasında pozitif yönde zayıf derecede anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu belirlendi. Bu analize göre CKÖ alt boyutlarından "duygusal denge" alt boyutundaki toplam %38.6'lık değişim, travmatik doğum algısı düzeyini artırmada etkili bulundu. Sonuç: Kadının kişilik özellikleri travmatik doğum algısını etkilemektedir. Travmatik doğum algısı yüksek olan kadınların kişilik özelliklerinin incelenmesi ve elde edilen sonuçların bakım ve tedavi süreçlerinde dikkate alınması önerilmektedir.

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The Effect of Women’s Personality Traits on Traumatic Birth Perception

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2021

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“…Moreover, because of the oversensitivity to internal stimuli, people with high neuroticism tend to exhibit exaggerated physical symptoms ( Johnson, 2003 ; Ozer and Benet-Martinez, 2006 ). The relationship between neuroticism and fear-related disorders has been explored in previous studies and the results showed a significant positive association between neuroticism and fear-related disorders ( Ng et al, 2019 ; Dursun et al, 2021 ; Perez-Mengual et al, 2021 ). More specifically, neuroticism has a positive effect on the patient’s tendency to fear about hypoglycemia ( Hepburn et al, 1994 ).…”

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The Mediating Effects of Diabetes Distress, Anxiety, and Cognitive Fusion on the Association Between Neuroticism and Fear of Hypoglycemia in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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Purpose: To explore the relationship between neuroticism and fear of hypoglycemia (FoH) among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), as well as the mediating effects of diabetes distress, anxiety, and cognitive fusion on the relationship between neuroticism and FoH.Methods: A total of 494 patients with T2D (39.9% females, n = 197) were analyzed using the neuroticism scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised Short Scale (EPQ-RS), the Fear of Hypoglycemia-15 Scale (FH-15), the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS), the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ). The bootstrapping method was used to test the separate and parallel mediation models.Results: FoH was noted in 17.4% (n = 86) of patients. The correlations between neuroticism, diabetes distress, anxiety, cognitive fusion, and FoH were positive. Diabetes distress, anxiety, and cognitive fusion were significant mediators in the association between neuroticism and FoH in both separate and parallel mediation models. In the parallel mediation model, the mediating effect of anxiety was the highest, and the mediating effect of diabetes distress was the lowest, but no significant differences were found in the comparison of these three indirect effects.Conclusion: This study indicated that neuroticism not only directly affected FoH, but also indirectly influenced FoH via the increase of diabetes distress, anxiety, and cognitive fusion in patients with T2D. The results provide a theoretical basis for the development of intervention programs to ameliorate patients’ FoH directly and indirectly. Healthcare providers should be encouraged to develop appropriate programs based on improving diabetes distress, anxiety, and cognitive fusion to help patients with T2D improve FoH.

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“…Previous research found that especially less emotionally stable [ 30 – 36 ] but also less conscientious [ 30 , 31 , 33 , 34 , 37 ], less extraverted [ 30 , 32 , 34 , 35 ], and less agreeable [ 30 , 31 ] women reported higher FOC and worse subjective birth experiences. Emotionally stable people tend to be relatively resistant against stress and to experience less negative affect [ 38 ].…”

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“…Emotionally stable people tend to be relatively resistant against stress and to experience less negative affect [ 38 ]. Thus, more emotionally stable women might worry less about their upcoming delivery [ 30 – 33 , 35 ] and also experience their delivery as less adverse [ 34 , 36 ].…”

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“…Extraverted people tend to be outgoing, socially active, and prone to experience positive emotions [ 40 – 42 ]. Therefore, more extraverted women might be more optimistic and experience their delivery as less adverse [ 30 , 32 , 34 , 35 ]. Moreover, more extraverted women might have a larger social network and be more likely to share their birth-related fears with others, which could have stress-buffering effects [ 13 , 43 ].…”

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

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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 the short version of the Big Five Inventory. The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/ Experience Questionnaire was used to measure fear of childbirth (version A) during pregnancy and subjective birth experiences (version B) within the first 10 days after delivery. Results Linear regressions revealed that lower levels of emotional stability, agreeableness, and extraversion predicted higher fear of childbirth during pregnancy. Moreover, personality affected subjective birth experiences especially in women with specific birth characteristics: Lower emotional stability predicted worse subjective birth experiences in women with (vs. without) a preterm delivery, and higher conscientiousness predicted worse subjective birth experiences in women with an emergency cesarean section (vs. spontaneous delivery). Subjective birth experiences were also worse in less emotionally stable and less open women with (general) anesthesia (vs. no anesthesia) during delivery. Finally, higher emotional stability predicted a subjective birth experience that was worse than expected, particularly in multiparous women and women without anesthesia during delivery. Conclusions These findings suggest that less emotionally stable, less conscientious, and less open women tend to experience their delivery as worse particularly in case of unexpected incidents (i.e., preterm delivery, emergency cesarean section, and necessity of anesthetics) and might thus profit from early targeted interventions.

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The relationship between personality characteristics and fear of childbirth: A descriptive study

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

The Effect of Women’s Personality Traits on Traumatic Birth Perception

The Effect of Women’s Personality Traits on Traumatic Birth Perception

The Mediating Effects of Diabetes Distress, Anxiety, and Cognitive Fusion on the Association Between Neuroticism and Fear of Hypoglycemia in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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

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