Late pregnancy as a factor of increasing womenaxiety

Abstract

The article describes the results of research that analyzed late pregnancy and features of the psychological and em otional state of women during pregnancy after 35 years. The causes and factors that provoke some psychological discomfort in women with late pregnancy have been identified. Comparative psychological characteristics of normal and late pregnancies are given. The results of the comparative analysis according to the age criterion allowed to establish that anxiety, frustration and neurosis in the studied women depend on age. The obtained results made it possible to identify the above factors as certain key signals that affect the level of affectivity. According to the results of the method “Self-assessment of mental states,” it is shown that the dominant psychological state in women with late pregnancy was anxiety (55.4%), and almost a third of the group showed frustration (29.3%), while aggression (8.4%) and rigidity (6.9%) were very little. The “polarization” of the indicators “aggression” and “anxiety” is emphasized. Because almost half of women with normal pregnancies tend to be aggressive, while more than half of women over the age of 35 tend to be anxious. Also, women with late pregnancy have a high level of neuroticism (73.8%). In women with late pregnancy in most cases (27.8%) consider pregnancy as a way to maintain a relationship and keep a man married. In 21.4% of respondents found a very low readiness for motherhood and a high degree of anxiety, pessimism. The obtained results made it possible to identify the above factors as certain key signals that affect the level of affectivity. Women with late pregnancies are under considerable pressure of affective moods, anxiety and frustration. Most of them have a high level of neuroticism, anxious type of gestational dominance, experience extensive mental stress. Also, this group is three times more likely to suffer from neurotic manifestations, as evidenced by appropriate screenings of neurosis. These results indicate the need for psychological impact on women with late pregnancy, which aims to reduce anxiety and frustration, harmonization of the psycho-emotional state in general.