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Methods of Assessment: Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy Questionnaire Scales and Interview Schedules, and Interventions to Enhance Adaptation

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Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy

Abstract

Methods of assessment for identifying gravid women who may be experiencing difficulties in one or more of the seven major psychosocial dimensions are presented. An original self-report questionnaire (the Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire, PSEQ, 79 items) and a second shorter questionnaire (PSEQ – sf, 53 items) that provide parallel measures of the major dimensions assessed in the clinical interviews are described, as well as the psychometric properties and validation results of their use to date. Suggestions are provided for conducting clinical interviews and for summarizing the information obtained in the form of quantitative ratings. Methods for learning and developing proficiency in assessment skills are also provided. Suggestions are made for clinical interventions and research applications of both interview and questionnaire assessment of maternal psychosocial development and adaptation to pregnancy for high-risk and non-high-risk expectant parents and couples.

Preceding chapters describe seven psychosocial dimensions of maternal prenatal development for both primigravid and multigravid women. This chapter discusses methods of assessment for identifying gravid women who may be experiencing difficulties in one or more of the seven major psychosocial dimensions discussed. In the last section of the chapter, we present a brief review of potential therapeutic interventions to reduce anxiety and conflict, and to promote psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy.

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