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A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress

INTRODUCTION: Some fathers experience traumatic and unpleasant feelings such as fear of childbirth during pregnancy and childbirth. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of the expectant fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress in the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and p...

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Autores principales: Ghaffari, Seyedeh Fatemeh, Elyasi, Forouzan, Nikbakht, Roya, Shahhosseini, Zohreh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36288399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2802
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author Ghaffari, Seyedeh Fatemeh
Elyasi, Forouzan
Nikbakht, Roya
Shahhosseini, Zohreh
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Elyasi, Forouzan
Nikbakht, Roya
Shahhosseini, Zohreh
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description INTRODUCTION: Some fathers experience traumatic and unpleasant feelings such as fear of childbirth during pregnancy and childbirth. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of the expectant fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress in the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and paternal fear of childbirth. METHODS: In this cross‐sectional study, using a two‐stage sampling method, 502 expectant Iranian fathers and their wives in the second half of pregnancy were recruited. The participants completed self‐administered questionnaires, including the fathers’ fear of childbirth scale, the Wijma delivery expectancy/experience questionnaire, and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale‐21. To analyze the data, structural equation modeling was employed in the Amos software version 24. RESULTS: Results indicated an acceptable fit of the model to the data. Maternal fear of childbirth was associated with paternal fear of childbirth, directly (β = 0.23, p = .046) and indirectly through the mediator of paternal depression, anxiety, and stress (β = .17, p = .007). The expectant fathers’ stress had a greater impact on their fear of childbirth. CONCLUSIONS: By considering the role of maternal fear of childbirth as well as expectant fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress on paternal fear of childbirth, it seems this study has some practical implications for improving the fathers’ psychological well‐being.
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spelling pubmed-97591262022-12-20 A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress Ghaffari, Seyedeh Fatemeh Elyasi, Forouzan Nikbakht, Roya Shahhosseini, Zohreh Brain Behav Original Articles INTRODUCTION: Some fathers experience traumatic and unpleasant feelings such as fear of childbirth during pregnancy and childbirth. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of the expectant fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress in the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and paternal fear of childbirth. METHODS: In this cross‐sectional study, using a two‐stage sampling method, 502 expectant Iranian fathers and their wives in the second half of pregnancy were recruited. The participants completed self‐administered questionnaires, including the fathers’ fear of childbirth scale, the Wijma delivery expectancy/experience questionnaire, and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale‐21. To analyze the data, structural equation modeling was employed in the Amos software version 24. RESULTS: Results indicated an acceptable fit of the model to the data. Maternal fear of childbirth was associated with paternal fear of childbirth, directly (β = 0.23, p = .046) and indirectly through the mediator of paternal depression, anxiety, and stress (β = .17, p = .007). The expectant fathers’ stress had a greater impact on their fear of childbirth. CONCLUSIONS: By considering the role of maternal fear of childbirth as well as expectant fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress on paternal fear of childbirth, it seems this study has some practical implications for improving the fathers’ psychological well‐being. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9759126/ /pubmed/36288399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2802 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ghaffari, Seyedeh Fatemeh
Elyasi, Forouzan
Nikbakht, Roya
Shahhosseini, Zohreh
A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress
title A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress
title_full A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress
title_fullStr A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress
title_full_unstemmed A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress
title_short A structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: The mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress
title_sort structural equation model analysis of the relationship between maternal fear of childbirth and expectant fathers’ fear of childbirth: the mediating role of fathers’ depression, anxiety, and stress
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36288399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2802
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