Abuse Anxiety during Pregnancy: Differences Based on Parenting Experience

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  • 妊娠期に母親が語る虐待不安の様相：育児経験による違いに着目して
  • ニンシンキ ニ ハハオヤ ガ カタル ギャクタイ フアン ノ ヨウソウ : イクジ ケイケン ニ ヨル チガイ ニ チャクモク シテ

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<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate aspects of abuse anxiety during pregnancy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 45 pregnant women (28 were primiparas and 17 were multiparas), and statements regarding abuse anxiety were categorized. Categories were (1) “Empathetic reaction to abusive parents,” (2) “Anxiety about being regarded as an abusive mother,” and (3) “Anxiety about the possibility of being abusive.” Examples of their sub-categories were: (1) ‘Sense of similarity between their own parenting and child abuse,’ (2) ‘Anxiety about the possibility of their children seeing them as abusive mothers,’ and (3) ‘Anxiety about the possibility of not being able to control their emotions.’ The results suggest the diversity of abuse anxieties, which had never before been examined. Moreover, the contents the mothers referred to as the subjective causes of their abuse anxiety differed between primiparas and multiparas women. It is necessary to study the process of how mothers develop specific abuse anxieties, in order to suggest adequate support for these mothers.</p>

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