Chapter 1. Psychosocial Anxiety, Stress, and Adaptation in Pregnancy: Assessment of Seven Dimensions of Maternal Development
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Foundation Research Projects for Theory Development of the Seven Dimensions of Maternal Prenatal Adaption
1.2.1 Maternal Psychological and Physiological Correlates of Progress in Labor and Fetal/Newborn Health
1.2.1.1 Theory and Design
1.2.1.2 Methods
1.2.1.3 Results
1.2.2 Relationship of Maternal Prenatal Psychosocial Adaptation and Family Functioning to Pregnancy Outcomes
1.2.2.1 Background and Theory
1.2.2.2 Design and Methods
1.2.2.3 Results
1.2.3 Maternal Prenatal Psychosocial Adaptation Predictors of Infant Birth
1.2.3.1 Theory and Background
1.2.3.2. Research Summary
1.3 The Far-Reaching Effects of Prenatal Anxiety, Birth Outcomes, Demographic Variables, and Health of the Mother and the Fetus/Newborn/Child
1.3.1 Maternal Anxiety and Stress in Pregnancy, and Demographic Factors and Traumatic Life Events
1.3.2 Maternal Prenatal Anxiety and Stress, and Adverse Child and Adult Health Outcomes
1.4 Theoretical Foundations of the Seven Dimensions of Adaption to Pregnancy
Chapter 2. Acceptance of Pregnancy
2.1 Planning and Wanting the Pregnancy
2.2 Happiness Versus Depression During Pregnancy
2.3 Discomfort During Pregnancy
2.4 Body Change During Pregnancy
2.5 Ambivalence Toward Pregnancy
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3. Identification with a Motherhood Role
3.1 Motivation for Motherhood
3.2 Preparations for Motherhood
3.2.1 Fantasizing
3.2.1.1 Envisioning Oneself as a Mother
3.2.1.2 Characteristics Desired as a Mother 3.2.1.3 Anticipating Future Life Cha
About the Author:
Regina Lederman, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas-Galveston School of Nursing and an adjunct professor in the University of Texas-Health Science Center, School of Public Health. Her research focuses on reproductive psychophysiology, perinatal health outcomes, and maternal prenatal and postnatal psychosocial adaptation. Her Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (PSEQ) and Postnatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (PPSEQ) on maternal adaptation are widely used in several health science disciplines. She has published in both nursing and medical journals, and has received NIH grants and several honors for her research.
Karen Weis, Ph.D., MSN, FAAN, is a professor and the Dunlap Endowed Chair of Research at University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas. From 2008 through 2015 she was a professor, dean, and director of research at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and the Military Education and Training Campus. Her research has focused on maternal adaptation to pregnancy and birth outcomes within a military population. In 2009 she co-authored Psychosocial Adaptations to Pregnancy, Third Edition with Regina Lederman.
