Open AccessHealth promotion behaviours of pregnant women and spiritual well‐being: Mediatory role of pregnancy stress, anxiety and coping ways
Author(s) -
Chehrazi Mohammad,
Faramarzi Mahbobeh,
Abdollahi Somayeh,
Esfandiari Maria,
Shafie rizi Shiva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.905
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , spirituality , anxiety , psychology , health promotion , clinical psychology , pregnancy , distress , medicine , psychiatry , nursing , public health , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
Abstract Aim Little is known about the link between spiritual well‐being and health promotion behaviours in pregnant women. The study aimed to explore the direct and indirect effects of spirituality on health promotion behaviours with the mediatory roles of pregnancy stress, anxiety and coping ways. Design Cross‐sectional. Methods Two hundred women aged above 18 years completed Spiritual Well‐Being scale (SWBS), State‐Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP), Prenatal Coping Inventory (Nu‐PCI) and Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NuPDQ). Results Spirituality directly and negatively affected the state anxiety ( β = −.41; p < .001) and NuPDQ ( β = −.36; p < .001). Health promotion behaviours were negatively related to state anxiety ( β = −.36; p < .001) and positively to planning‐preparation coping ( β = .23; p = .001). Spirituality had a significant indirect effect on health promotion behaviours ( β = .33; p < .001), mediated through its association with state anxiety and planning‐preparation coping. Thus, health professionals are proposed to consult pregnant women on the benefits of spirituality for improving healthy behaviours.