TY - JOUR
T1 - Experience of Miscarriage versus Stillbirth
T2 - Differences in Fear of Childbirth, Adjustment Disorder, and Optimism
AU - Hamama-Raz, Yaira
AU - Kraus, Sharona
AU - Hamama, Liat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Associations between fear of childbirth (FOC), diagnosis and symptoms of adjustment disorder (AD), and dispositional optimism as a personal resource were compared between women who experienced miscarriage versus stillbirth (N = 204). Severity of AD symptoms was higher among the women following stillbirth Severity of FOC components did not differ between the two groups. No differences were found between the women who experienced miscarriage versus stillbirth in the associations between dispositional optimism and FOC or between dispositional optimism and AD. Healthcare providers should acknowledge that although types of reproductive losses may differ, FOC did not differ following both miscarriage and stillbirth.
AB - Associations between fear of childbirth (FOC), diagnosis and symptoms of adjustment disorder (AD), and dispositional optimism as a personal resource were compared between women who experienced miscarriage versus stillbirth (N = 204). Severity of AD symptoms was higher among the women following stillbirth Severity of FOC components did not differ between the two groups. No differences were found between the women who experienced miscarriage versus stillbirth in the associations between dispositional optimism and FOC or between dispositional optimism and AD. Healthcare providers should acknowledge that although types of reproductive losses may differ, FOC did not differ following both miscarriage and stillbirth.
KW - Reproductive loss
KW - adjustment disorder symptoms
KW - fear of childbirth
KW - optimism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165277074&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15325024.2023.2234822
DO - 10.1080/15325024.2023.2234822
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AN - SCOPUS:85165277074
SN - 1532-5024
VL - 29
SP - 61
EP - 75
JO - Journal of Loss and Trauma
JF - Journal of Loss and Trauma
IS - 1
ER -
