Successive relationships between maternal attitudes during pregnancy, analgesic medication during labor and delivery, and newborn behavior

Asked 85 primiparous mothers in their last trimester of pregnancy to respond to a questionnaire assessing fears regarding pregnancy as well as generalized tension and depression. At delivery, information was obtained regarding obstetric analgesic medication and duration of labor. Two days following...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 1976-01, Vol.12 (1), p.6-14
Main Authors: Yang, Raymond K, Zweig, Ann R, Douthitt, Thomas C, Federman, Edward J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesic Drugs
Female
Human
Labor (Childbirth)
Mothers
Neonatal Development
Parental Attitudes
Pregnancy
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Summary:Asked 85 primiparous mothers in their last trimester of pregnancy to respond to a questionnaire assessing fears regarding pregnancy as well as generalized tension and depression. At delivery, information was obtained regarding obstetric analgesic medication and duration of labor. Two days following delivery, neonatal behavior was described in terms of sleeping and waking behavior. Sequential relationships between each of the 3 phases were examined. Three questionnaire scales were related to 1 of 4 drug variables. Three of the 4 drug variables were related to duration of 1st-stage labor. Three drug variables were correlated with neonatal behavior. Duration of labor was unrelated to neonatal behavior. Multiple regression analyses using pregnancy, drug, and labor variables as predictors did not yield impressive relationships to neonatal behavior. (23 ref)
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.12.1.6