* Ethnicity, smoking status, and preterm birth as predictors of maternal locus of control.
- A woman's psychological health can affect prenatal behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal beliefs, prenatal behaviors, and preterm birth (PTB) in a multiethnic population. This was a planned secondary analysis of a cross-sectional trial of postpartum women with singleton gestation. In all, 210 participants were given the Fetal Health Locus of Control (FHLC) scale to measure three primary maternal beliefs that influenced their prenatal behaviors (Internal Control, Chance, Powerful Others). Women who experienced preterm delivery and those who smoked during pregnancy scored the Chance category significantly higher than those who delivered term infants (p = .05; p = .004, respectively). This suggests those who smoked during pregnancy had a greater degree of belief that Chance influenced their infant's health status. Cultural differences also emerged specific to the impact of health care providers on PTB; with Hispanic women scoring Powerful Others the highest among the groups (p = .02). Nurses can plan a critical role in identifying at-risk women (smoking, strong Chance beliefs) while providing a clear message that taking action and modifying high-risk behaviors can reduce risk for adverse pregnancy outcome.
=>詳細な検討, 分解, 分析, 解析, 見方, 精神分析
Overview of noun analysis
The noun analysis has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (45) analysis -- (an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in
making up the whole)
2. (5) analysis, analytic thinking -- (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts
in order to study the parts and their relations)
3. (2) analysis -- (a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is
analyzed)
4. analysis -- (the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the
bride' instead of `the bride's father')
5. analysis -- (a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and
series and integration and differentiation)
6. psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology -- (a set of techniques for exploring underlying
motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud;
"his physician recommended psychoanalysis")
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