Open AccessPregnancy as a psychological event
Author(s) -
Artur Bjelica,
Petronila Kapor-Stanulović
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0404144b
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , anxiety , mood , stressor , event (particle physics) , ambivalence , psychosocial , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , psychology , social psychology , genetics , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , biology
Apart from physiological and somatic changes, pregnancy is a complex phenomenon which also includes psychological and social changes. Pregnancy, especially the first one, represents a powerful psychological event. This paper deals with pregnancy as a psychological event, considering psychological changes in the course ofpregnancy as a stressful event.