International Journal of Psychology (IPA)

en Predictive Effects of Cognitive Flexibility, Marital Relationship Quality, and Meta-worry on Pregnancy Anxiety Predictive Effects of Cognitive Flexibility, Marital Relationship Quality, and Meta-worry on Pregnancy Anxiety تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Pregnancy is one of the most difficult and dangerous experiences of any woman. The purpose of this study was to predict pregnancy anxiety based on cognitive flexibility, marital relationship quality, and meta-worry. To this end, this investigation employed the correlational study design. The intended population consisted of all pregnant women in Tabriz who were in the first trimester of pregnancy and had medical records in Alzahra Women's Hospital and Milad Specialty Clinic of Tabriz. A total of 220 women were selected via the systematic random sampling. To collect data, we used Van der Berg's (1990) Pregnancy-related Anxiety Inventory, Dennis & Vander Wal’s (2010) Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire, Busby, et al.’s (1995) Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), and Wells’ (2005) Meta-worry Questionnaire. The multiple regression analysis results showed that about 34% of changes in pregnancy anxiety were explained by the model, or rather cognitive flexibility, marital quality and meta-worry (p = .000). Also, the findings the revealed that meta-worry (46%) had the greatest role in predicting pregnancy anxiety compared to marital quality (27%) and cognitive flexibility (18%). Therefore, it is concluded that specialists in the field can make positive changes in pregnancy anxiety by focusing on the present study’s variables among others involved. </div>   <div style="text-align: justify;">Pregnancy is one of the most difficult and dangerous experiences of any woman. The purpose of this study was to predict pregnancy anxiety based on cognitive flexibility, marital relationship quality, and meta-worry. To this end, this investigation employed the correlational study design. The intended population consisted of all pregnant women in Tabriz who were in the first trimester of pregnancy and had medical records in Alzahra Women's Hospital and Milad Specialty Clinic of Tabriz. A total of 220 women were selected via the systematic random sampling. To collect data, we used Van der Berg's (1990) Pregnancy-related Anxiety Inventory, Dennis & Vander Wal’s (2010) Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire, Busby, et al.’s (1995) Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), and Wells’ (2005) Meta-worry Questionnaire. The multiple regression analysis results showed that about 34% of changes in pregnancy anxiety were explained by the model, or rather cognitive flexibility, marital quality and meta-worry (p = .000). Also, the findings the revealed that meta-worry (46%) had the greatest role in predicting pregnancy anxiety compared to marital quality (27%) and cognitive flexibility (18%). Therefore, it is concluded that specialists in the field can make positive changes in pregnancy anxiety by focusing on the present study’s variables among others involved. </div>   cognitive flexibility, marital relationship quality, meta-worry, pregnancy anxiety. cognitive flexibility, marital relationship quality, meta-worry, pregnancy anxiety. 143 171 http://ijpb.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-298-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Farnaz Deyhimi Notash Farnaz Deyhimi Notash farnaz_deyhimi-notash@yahoo.com 10031947532846003576 10031947532846003576 No Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Marziyeh Alivandi Vafa Marziyeh Alivandi Vafa m.alivand@iaut.ac.ir 10031947532846003577 10031947532846003577 Yes Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Laya Farzadi Laya Farzadi farzadi_29@yahoo.com 10031947532846003578 10031947532846003578 No Department of Gynecology, Women’s Reproductive Health Research Center , Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Department of Gynecology, Women’s Reproductive Health Research Center , Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran