The effect of pregnant women's childbirth beliefs on fear of childbirth

Çubukçu B., AĞAPINAR ŞAHİN S.

Women's Studies International Forum, cilt.108, 2025 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 108
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103017
  • Dergi Adı: Women's Studies International Forum
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, American History and Life, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Gender Studies Database, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Political Science Complete, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Childbirth belief, Fear of childbirth, Medical childbirth belief, Natural childbirth belief
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This research links pregnant women's childbirth beliefs to their fear of childbirth. Data was collected from 292 pregnant women who visited the Non –Stress Test Room of a hospital in northern Turkey between March 22 and December 4, 2023. The simple linear regression model the model was significant and usable (F = 10.633, p = 0.001). The increase in pregnant women's belief that birth is a medical process (t = 3.261, p = 0.001, β = 5.693) caused a statistical increase in their fear of childbirth. The most important variable that predicts the fear of childbirth variable of pregnant women is belief that childbirth is a medical process. In this Turkish sample, beliefs that childbirth is a natural process are more common than beliefs that childbirth is a medical process.