Are Pregnant Women Happier? Racial Differences in the Relationsip between Pregnancy and Life Satisfaction

Hagstrom, Paul; Wu, Stephen

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1673905

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“…Third, the circumstances and concerns among poor African American pregnant and postpartum women may be distinct from others. For example, although pregnancy and happiness are strongly significantly associated among non-Hispanic White women, there is no significant association for African American women, even after accounting for age, income, education, and marital status (Hagstrom & Wu, 2010). Thus, although depression is both common and impairing among African American women, service utilization is low and little is known about the ways in which race- or income-specific concerns may influence intervention seeking.…”

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Pregnant African American women's attitudes toward perinatal depression prevention.

Goodman¹,

Dimidjian²,

Williams³

2013

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Depression during the perinatal period is common, debilitating, and consequential for women and their children, particularly among low income African American women. Viable approaches to prevention of depression have emerged. Yet little is known about women's preferences for approaches to preventing depression. A sample of 60 pregnant, low-income African American women seeking routine prenatal care was presented with standardized descriptions of three approaches to depression prevention (pharmacotherapy and two psychosocial approaches) and measures of preferences, perceived credibility, and personal reactions to each approach. Women also completed measures of perceived barriers and facilitators and current depression. Consistent with expectations, both of the psychosocial approaches were rated as more strongly preferred, more credible, and associated with more positive personal reactions relative to the pharmacotherapy approach. Depression did not alter women's preferences among the approaches. Contrary to prediction, women with clinically significant levels of depression did not find the pharmacotherapy approach to be more credible or to have more favorable personal reactions to it than women with low depression symptom levels. Exploration of women's perceptions of barriers revealed the importance of logistics, beliefs, and stigma barriers whereas women reported that concern about depression being impairing and ease of pragmatics would both facilitate engagement with preventive interventions. The findings suggest the need to examine the role of preferences in tests of the effectiveness of approaches to the prevention of perinatal depression in order to enhance service delivery among low income African American women.

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Pregnant African American women's attitudes toward perinatal depression prevention.

Goodman¹,

Dimidjian²,

Williams³

2013

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“…Furthermore, the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire included 29 items with a six-point Likert-type scale (ranging from totally agree to totally disagree) that was completed by the participants. The scores ranged from 29 to 174 and contained three levels of low (less than or equal to 100), moderate (101-131), and high (more than or equal to 132) happiness (6). Hadinejad and Zareei verified the validity of the Persian translation of this questionnaire.…”

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Comparison of the Effect of Muscle Relaxation and Guided Imagery on Happiness and Fear of Childbirth in Primiparous Women Admitted to Health Care Centers

Boryri

Navidian

Marghzari

2018

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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Objectives: Giving birth is a unique experience that requires a pregnant woman’s ability to cope with labor pain. Using happiness, this potential can be given to a pregnant woman. This study was performed to compare the effect of muscle relaxation and guided imagery on the happiness and fear of delivery in primiparous women. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was carried out on a sample 0f 180 primiparous women who referred to healthcare centers in Zahedan during 2017. The subjects were selected by the available sampling method. Then, Brislin’s and Oxford Questionnaires were used to evaluate the fear of childbirth (FOC) and happiness, respectively. Through simple randomization, people who were qualified were included in relaxation, guided imagery, and control groups. Finally, a four-week training program was implemented for individual training. Results: Before the intervention, the mean scores for the FOC in relaxation, guided imagery, and control groups were 39.51 ± 6.91, 44.00 ± 9.30, and 41.56 ± 9.37, respectively, and after the intervention, they were 30.45 ± 6.56, 34.78 ± 9.36 and 41.78 ± 8.69, respectively. Based on the results, the mean scores of the FOC after the intervention showed a significant difference among the groups (P=0.0001). In addition, the mean scores for happiness were 37.5 ± 15.54, 34.54 ± 17.72, and 36.78 ± 18.97, as well as 54.66 ± 14, 49.63 ± 17.05, and 36.65 ± 18.28 before and after the intervention in relaxation, guided imagery, and control groups, respectively (P=0.0001). Conclusions: To prevent unnecessary cesarean sections, the current study confirmed the effect of muscle relaxation and guided imagery techniques for reducing the fear of delivery while increasing happiness in pregnant women.

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“…Pregnant women's perceptions and attitudes toward pregnancy are important due to their impact on the individual's mental and emotional well-being [2]. Psychologically healthy women consider the pregnancy as a manifestation of self-actualization [3], feminine identity [4] contemplate gestation as a unique experience, and in most cases feel happy during pregnancy [5].…”

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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children: A Keystone for Happiness in Society

Hadjigeorgiou¹

2023

Happiness and Wellness - Biopsychosocial and Anthropological Perspectives

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Healthy mothers and children are essential to happiness in society. Birth is one of the most complex experiences in a woman’s life and the transition to parenthood is an intense period with great rewards but also numerous challenges that might negatively impact the health of the mother, the fetus, and the neonate. A positive birth experience has a fear-reaching effect on mothers’ and babies’ health and wellbeing. Perinatal education empowers women to cope with the changes and challenges of pregnancy and childbirth. Psychological and social risk factors during the perinatal period increase the risk of adverse obstetrical, neonatal, and postnatal complications, while their persistence into the postnatal period compromises mother-child interaction, and the child’s physical and neuropsychological development. The aim of this chapter is to examine perinatal care in Cyprus, starting with an outline of perinatal education and continuing with an assessment of mothers’ self-reported experiences of perinatal care received. The main objectives are: (1) to explore the mechanisms by which timely and accurate information during pregnancy can decrease the risk of adverse obstetrical, neonatal, and postnatal complications, (2) to assess mothers’ needs, and (3) to identify factors in perinatal care that lead to positive birth experiences, family wellbeing, and happiness.

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Are Pregnant Women Happier? Racial Differences in the Relationsip between Pregnancy and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Pregnant African American women's attitudes toward perinatal depression prevention.

Pregnant African American women's attitudes toward perinatal depression prevention.

Comparison of the Effect of Muscle Relaxation and Guided Imagery on Happiness and Fear of Childbirth in Primiparous Women Admitted to Health Care Centers

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children: A Keystone for Happiness in Society

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