Abstract:In this paper we explore whether mental representation about birth (birth-related mindset) assessed during pregnancy can predict labor and birth in the sense that the perception of birth as a natural (vs medical) event increases the probability of a low-intervention birth. Birth in turn might affect short- and long-term psychological well-being. These assumptions were tested in a longitudinal study (N = 311), spanning the first third of pregnancy up to six months after birth. Results of a Single Indicator Mode… Show more
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