Psychological Stresses among Pregnant Women and their Relation with Some Variables (Khartoum State)

Authors

  • Ali Farah Ahmed Farah  Department of Psychology, University of Al-Nilain, Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan
  • Ashraf Mohammed Ahmed Ali   Department of Psychology, University of Sudan for Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan

Keywords:

Stresses, Psychological, Pregnant Women, Emotional, Mental Health.

Abstract

This research aimed at investigating the general characteristics of psychological stresses among pregnant women in Khartoum State, as well as identifying the differences in psychological stresses according to the variables of age and number of pregnancies. The sample consisted of (100) pregnant women whose ages ranged between (17-40) years. The sample was selected by the Purposive Sampling method from the population. The researchers used the Psychological Stress Scale and the following statistical equations were used for the statistical treatment of the data: T-test and Analysis of Variance. The study found out following results that the psychological stresses among pregnant women can generally be described as being high, and that there are no differences in psychological stresses according to the age variable, but there are differences according to the number of pregnancies and the type of the female circumcision in favor of the pharaonic circumcision.

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Published

2016-04-30

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Volume 2, Issue 2, March-April-2016

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Ali Farah Ahmed Farah, Ashraf Mohammed Ahmed Ali , " Psychological Stresses among Pregnant Women and their Relation with Some Variables (Khartoum State) , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp.91-99, March-April-2016.