Mood and symptoms of expectant fathers during the course of pregnancy
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Ora Davis (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- J. Allen Watson
Abstract: This study was designed to examine the general emotional state of expectant fathers and symptom manifestation of expectant fathers during the course of pregnancy. The specific purposes of the study were: First, to explore the general emotional state of expectant fathers during pregnancy by studying changes in the levels of anxiety, depression, and hostility as pregnancy progressed; second, to explore the occurrence of symptoms in expectant fathers during early, middle, and late pregnancy; and third, to determine which expectant fathers are most likely to experience symptoms and increased levels of anxiety, depression, and hostility during pregnancy by using assumptions underlying crisis theory to guide the investigation. Ninety-one expectant fathers from the Greensboro, North Carolina, area comprised the sample. The sample included black and white men of working-class and middle-class backgrounds. Experienced fathers and men expecting their first child were selected for participation in the study. After an initial personal contact, each subject was mailed a questionnare in early, middle, and late pregnancy.
Mood and symptoms of expectant fathers during the course of pregnancy
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1977
- Subjects
- Fathers $x Psychology
- Pregnancy $x Psychological aspects