Pregnancy-Related Anxiety - Theory, Research, and Practice

List of contents

Section 1: Understanding pregnancy-related anxiety 1: What is pregnancy-related Anxiety? 2: Pregnancy-related Anxiety as Distinct from state/trait anxiety and depression 3: Pregnancy-related anxiety and affective disorders in pregnancy 4: Antecedents of pregnancy-related anxiety 5: Pregnancy-related anxiety and birth outcomes 6: Examining the relation between maternal pregnancy-related anxiety and child development Section 2: Implications for practice 7: Current diagnostic practices and their limitations 8: Review of current scales and their psychometric properties 9: Current psychological and psychosocial treatments for anxiety during pregnancy Section 3: Future directions 10: Cross-cultural perspectives of pregnancy-related anxiety 11: Acculturation and antenatal anxiety in migrant women 12: Psychosocial functioning and childhood sexual abuse 13: Psychosocial functioning, body image, and pregnancy-related anxiety

About the author

Rachel Dryer is an Associate Professor at Australian Catholic University, Australia.
Robyn Brunton is a Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Summary

This edited volume provides a collective examination of theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives regarding pregnancy-related anxiety, a distinct anxiety type experienced by pregnant women.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Brunton Dryer
• Assisted by: Robyn Brunton (Editor), Rachel Dryer (Editor), Rachel yer (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2021
• EAN: 9780367856304
• ISBN: 978-0-367-85630-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Research in Women's Mental Health
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Sexual abuse & harassment, Women's health, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Women’s health, Feminism & feminist theory, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Sexual abuse and harassment, Feminism and feminist theory, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias