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fear of childbirth: a standalone construct

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Midwifery

fear about giving birth, measured as negative expectations before delivery or negative appraisal of the experience after.

In midwifery, fear of childbirth refers to fear about giving birth, measured as negative expectations before delivery or negative appraisal of the experience after. This meaning comes from Wijma (1998) in Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology.[1]

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birth3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs experience4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs delivery1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Wijma, K., Wijma, B., & Zar, M. (1998). Psychometric aspects of the W-DEQ; a new questionnaire for the measurement of fear of childbirth. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 19(2), 84-97. https://doi.org/10.3109/01674829809048501

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