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Emotional experiences during the three trimesters of pregnancy
Author(s) -
Rofé Yacov,
Littner Mordechai B,
Lewin Isaac
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199301)49:1<3::aid-jclp2270490102>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - psychology , pregnancy , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , obstetrics , medicine , biology , genetics
This study examined the emotional changes that occur during the trimesters of pregnancy. Two hundred eighty‐two women were asked, one day after giving birth, to indicate at what frequency they had experienced various symptoms during each trimester of pregnancy and to fill out the Repression Sensitization scale (Byrne, Barry, & Nelson, 1963). Results showed that while women's feelings during the first trimester are characterized by symptoms related to physiological changes (e.g., nausea, vomiting, dizziness), during the last trimester anxiety and emotional distress become the most significant symptoms. The level at which these symptoms were experienced was affected by the subject's socioeconomic level, number of previous births (primaparae or multiparae), and her personality type (repressor or sensitizer).