Longitudinal characteristics of resilience among adolescents: A high school student cohort study to assess the psychological impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Okuyama, Junko; Funakoshi, Shunichi; Tomita, Hiroaki; Yamaguchi, Takuhiro; Matsuoka, Hiroo

doi:10.1111/pcn.12772

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“…It is worth noting that resilience, proposed and developed by positive psychology and represents one's capability of survival and adjustment after experiencing serious traumatic events [26], can assist people to accommodate, handle or pass through the adversity based on a self-regulating psychological mechanism [27], and recover from disasters or keep psychologically health [28][29][30]. As FOC is a negative emotional experience, we speculate that resilience may have an impact on it.…”

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The Prevalence and Predictors of Fear of Childbirth Among Pregnant Chinese Women: a Hierarchical Regression Analysis

Huang

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Background: Fear of childbirth(FOC) runs through before, during and after pregnancy, which is harmful to both the pregnant woman and fetus. To identify the prevalence and predictors of FOC can help us generate strategies for alleviating women’s FOC.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among a convenience sample of 646 pregnant women attending antenatal care at a subordinate hospital of an university in China. Data were collected using a Basic information form, Childbirth Attitude Questionnaire, Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory, and 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. We conducted hierarchical regression analysis to explore the predictors of FOC and used a structural equation model to examine the direct and indirect associations between FOC, resilience and childbirth self-efficacy further.Results: The average score on the Childbirth Attitude Questionnaire scale was 32.49 and the total prevalence of FOC was 67.1%. 45.4% women reported a mild level of fear, 19.5% reported moderate fear, and 2.2% reported a severe level of fear. The final regression analysis displayed six variables predicting FOC that explained 64.2% of variance in FOC: age (t=2.795, P<0.05), gestation age (t=2.566, P<0.05), parity (t=-5.191, P<0.01), spousal support (t=-6.119, P<0.01), resilience (t=-10.302, P<0.01) and childbirth self-efficacy (t=-16.435, P<0.01). Furthermore, childbirth self-efficacy mediated the relationship between FOC and resilience, and the mediation effect ratio was 53.5%.Conclusions: A high prevalence of FOC among pregnant Chinese women was found in this study. Age, gestation age, parity, spousal support, resilience and childbirth self-efficacy were predictors of FOC. It is suggested that the health-care professionals should pay close attention to FOC and take targeted interventions according to these predictors especially resilience and childbirth self-efficacy.

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The Prevalence and Predictors of Fear of Childbirth Among Pregnant Chinese Women: a Hierarchical Regression Analysis

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“…Both theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that resilience is a mutable process, providing another avenue for researchers to explore. Okuyama and colleagues (2018) examined 760 high school students’ resilience over 3 years following a traumatic earthquake. The percentage of resilient students rose from 28.6% in the first year to 42.9% in the third, suggesting that resilience is a highly changeable mechanism.…”

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Socio-Ecological Predictors of Resilience Development Over Time Among Youth With a History of Maltreatment

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While there is a growing body of research examining resilient development in adolescents with a history of maltreatment, it remains unclear whether youth resilient functioning changes over time and what factors predict such change. The current study aimed to identify the socio-ecological predictors of the change in resilient functioning over time among adolescents with a history of maltreatment. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted with a sample of 771 adolescents drawn from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW-II). Over 18 months, 23.2% of the adolescents remained in the less resilience group, 45.4% stayed in the greater resilience group, 17.4% moved from the greater resilience group to the less resilience group, and 14.0% moved from the less resilience group to the greater resilience group. Younger age, better parent-child relationship quality, and neighborhood safety were associated with stable and continued resilient functioning over time. Conversely, child physical abuse, affiliation with deviant peers, and receipt of behavioral services were negatively associated with continued resilience. Our findings suggest that interventions that support adolescents in building positive relationships with their parents and peers may prevent a loss of resilience over time and ensure continued resilient functioning in child welfare-involved adolescents.

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“…It is worth noting that resilience, proposed and developed by positive psychology and representing one’s capacity for survival and adjustment after experiencing serious traumatic events [ 26 ], can help people accommodate, handle or pass through adversity based on a self-regulating psychological mechanism [ 27 ] and recover from disasters or maintain their psychological health [ 28 – 30 ]. As FOC is a negative emotional experience, we speculate that resilience may have an impact on it.…”

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The prevalence and predictors of fear of childbirth among pregnant Chinese women: a hierarchical regression analysis

Huang

et al. 2021

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Background Fear of childbirth (FOC) occurs before, during and after pregnancy and is harmful to both the pregnant woman and the fetus. Identifying the prevalence and predictors of FOC can help us generate strategies for alleviating women’s FOC. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among a convenience sample of 646 pregnant women receiving antenatal care at a subordinate hospital of a university in China. Data were collected using a basic information form, the Childbirth Attitude Questionnaire, the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory, and the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. The minimum and maximum total scores of the Childbirth Attitude Questionnaire are 16 and 64, respectively, with higher scores reflecting a greater degree of FOC. We conducted hierarchical regression analysis to explore the predictors of FOC and used a structural equation model to further examine the direct and indirect associations between FOC, resilience and childbirth self-efficacy. Results The total prevalence of FOC was 67.1%. The percentages of women with mild (score of 28–39), moderate (40–51), and severe FOC (52–64) were 45.4, 19.5, and 2.2%, respectively. The average score on the Childbirth Attitude Questionnaire was 32.49, indicating mild FOC. The final regression analysis revealed six variables predicting FOC that explained 64.5% of the variance in FOC: age, gestational age, parity, spousal support, resilience, and childbirth self-efficacy. Furthermore, childbirth self-efficacy mediated the relationship between resilience and FOC, and the mediation effect rate was 53.5%. Conclusions A high prevalence of FOC among pregnant Chinese women was found in this study. Age, gestational age, parity, spousal support, resilience, and childbirth self-efficacy were predictors of FOC. It is suggested that healthcare professionals should pay close attention to FOC and implement targeted interventions in accordance with these predictors, especially resilience and childbirth self-efficacy.

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Longitudinal characteristics of resilience among adolescents: A high school student cohort study to assess the psychological impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Cited by 31 publications

References 41 publications

The Prevalence and Predictors of Fear of Childbirth Among Pregnant Chinese Women: a Hierarchical Regression Analysis

The Prevalence and Predictors of Fear of Childbirth Among Pregnant Chinese Women: a Hierarchical Regression Analysis

Socio-Ecological Predictors of Resilience Development Over Time Among Youth With a History of Maltreatment

The prevalence and predictors of fear of childbirth among pregnant Chinese women: a hierarchical regression analysis

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