“…Many authors feel that much or the anxiety in relation to pregn~ncy felt by women in our culture is ~ trained and socially reinforced response---q response learned as ~he s result of prevailing ignorance of the events of pregnancy, labour, delivery and parenthood (1,9,44,61 (1,4,9,11,13,16,17,18,19,23,39,64,72). The most widely used scale 1n studies of this kind has been the Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS).…”