J Korean Soc Biol Ther Psychiatry.  2019 Jun;25(2):127-137. 10.0000/jksbtp.2019.25.2.127.

The Mediating Effects of the Depression, Anxiety on the Relationship Between Temperament and Character and Maternal-Fetal Attachment in High-Risk Pregnant Women

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. swon12@daum.net
  • 2Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this study were to investigate the correlations of the temperament and character, depression, anxiety, and maternal-fetal attachment and the mediating effects of the depression, anxiety on the relationship between temperament and character and maternal-fetal attachment.
METHODS
A hundred and eleven high-risk pregnant women were recruited in this study. All subjects were administered a sociodemographic and obstetric questionnaire, Temperament and Character Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory-II, State Trait Anxiety Inventory-State, and Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale.
RESULTS
The results of this study were as follows. Higher scores on the reward dependence, persistence, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence scale were associated with higher scores on maternal-fetal attachment scale. Higher scores on the harm avoidance scale and lower scores on the self-directedness scale were associated with higher depression scores. Higher scores on the harm avoidance scale and lower scores on the persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness scale were associated with higher anxiety scores. Higher anxiety scores were associated with higher scores on maternal-fetal attachment scale. The anxiety was found to have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between persistence and the maternal-fetal attachment. It was also found to have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between cooperativeness and the maternal-fetal attachment.
CONCLUSION
In this study, we found that the anxiety has partial mediating effect on the relationship between temperament and character and maternal-fetal attachment. Based on these findings, it is suggested that examining temperament and character and screening vulnerable pregnant women can help to prevent negative results for high-risk pregnant women.

Keyword

High-risk pregnancy; Temperament and character; Depression; Anxiety; Attachment; Mediating effects

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Depression*
Female
Humans
Mass Screening
Negotiating*
Pregnancy, High-Risk
Pregnant Women*
Reward
Temperament*
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