Predicting Pregnancy Anxiety on the basis of Fertility Motivations, Early Maladaptive Schemas, Marital Satisfaction, and Quality of Life

Nouri, Nasim; Naghsh Tabrizi, Mehrzad

doi:10.22051/jwsps.2024.42087.2691

Predicting Pregnancy Anxiety on the basis of Fertility Motivations, Early Maladaptive Schemas, Marital Satisfaction, and Quality of Life

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D of Psychologist, Invited Assisstant Professor of Psychology Depertment, Islamic Azad University, Iran. drnasimnouri@gmail.com. (Corresponding Author)

² Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch

10.22051/jwsps.2024.42087.2691

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the role of fertility motivations, early maladaptive schemas, marital satisfaction, and quality of life in predicting pregnancy anxiety. A sample of 240 pregnant women referring to healthcare centers in district 6 of Tehran in 2021 was selected through convenience sampling. The research tools included Van den Bergh’s Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire (1989), Miller’s fertility Motivation Scale (1995), Young’s Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire Short Form (1999), Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (1978), and WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire (1996). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression. The results showed a significant negative correlation between positive fertility motivations, marital satisfaction, and quality of life with pregnancy anxiety, and a significant positive correlation between negative fertility motivations and domains of early maladaptive schemas with pregnancy anxiety. Regression results also indicated that the predictor variables accounted for 56% of the variance in pregnancy anxiety. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that fertilitymotivations, early maladaptive schemas, marital satisfaction, and quality of life can significantly predict pregnancy anxiety.

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