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Development of a questionnaire to measure perceived support during pregnancy and its relation to coping strategies and outcome
thesis
posted on 2018-05-11, 11:49 authored by Anne E. McWilliamsThere is a considerable body of research examining the effects of social support factors,
socioeconomic status (SES) and demographics on pregnancy outcome. However, there
has been little research examining the effects of perceptions of social support on
pregnancy outcome. The initial studies of this thesis examined the relation of scores on
a Support in Pregnancy Questionnaire (SPQ) to pregnancy outcomes (n=68). It was
found that the level of perceived support predicted lower infant birthweight and higher
rates of obstetric complications (methodological issues of the complication measure are
discussed). Furthermore, a small group of women who scored negatively on the
questionnaire and received non-directive counselling were comparable to controls who
had adequate levels of support. [Continues.]
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School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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© Anne Elaine McWilliamsPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
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