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Psycho-social reactions of pregnant women and mental health during three trimesters
(University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2017) Amber Ashfaq
The current study aimed to explore the psychosocial reactions of women during pregnancy and relationship between these psychosocial reactions of pregnancy and mental health problems. The current study carried out in different steps as phenomenology exploration, scale development, expert validation, pilot study, and statistical analysis. A total sample of 150 pregnant women with the age range of 18- 40, (M =27.47, SD= 4.75) was selected through purposive sampling technique. The research protocol comprised Pregnancy Consequences Scale (PCS) (indigenous scale), Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) (Lovibond & Lovibon, 1995), and Marital Relationship Scale (MRS) (Munir & Saleem, 2016) along with a demographic Performa. The results of factor analysis revealed a four-factor solution namely Anxiety, Domestic Problems, Depression, and Somatic Problems. Pregnancy Consequences Scale (indigenous scale) found to have high internal consistency and concurrent validity. According to statistical results findings women with more miscarriages and cesarean deliveries have more mental health problems as compare to those women have no miscarriages and normal deliveries. The results discussed in terms of counseling for the pregnant women.