The mediating eect of resilience on pregnancy stress and prenatal anxiety in pregnant women..

Objective: To investigate the relationship between pregnancy stress and prenatal anxiety in pregnant women in Urumqi, Xinjiang, and the mediating eect of mental resilience level on the relationship between pregnancy stress and prenatal anxiety. Method: The investigation involved 750 pregnant women at a tertiary hospital in Urumqi, and included a questionnaire eliciting general demographic information, a pregnancy stress scale (Pregnancy Pressure Scale, PPS), generalized anxiety disorder scale (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, GAD-7), and a mental resilience scale (Connor—Davidson resilience scale, CD-RISC). The Bootstrap mediation eect test was used to test the eect relationship between variables, and Amos was used to establish the structural equation model. Results: Among the 750 participants, 122 (16.2%) had moderate or greater pregnancy stress (PPS > 1), 372 (49.6%) had mild or greater anxiety symptoms (GAD-7 > 5), and 241 (32.1%) had good or higher mental resilience score. Pregnancy stress negatively aected resilience (β = −0.37, p < 0.01), and resilience also negatively aected prenatal anxiety (β = −0.12, p < 0.01). The mediating eect value of resilience was 8.3%. Conclusion: Pregnancy stress, mental resilience, and prenatal anxiety were significantly correlated, and mental resilience played a partial mediating role in the influence of pregnancy stress on prenatal anxiety. It is recommended that pregnant women exercise their mental resilience to reduce the incidence of prenatal anxiety and promote physical and mental [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]