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Effects of Spirituality and Psychosocial Well-Being on Health Risk Behaviors in Appalachian Pregnant Women
Abstract
Objective To determine the relationships of spirituality and psychosocial well-being to health risk behaviors in pregnant Appalachian women.Method Descriptive study of 120 women between 16 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. The instruments used were the Spiritual Perspective Scale and religiosity items from the Jarel Well-Being Scale. Psychosocial well-being was measured by the Prenatal Psychosocial Profile. Four items measured health risk behaviors.Results Higher levels of spirituality (spiritual perspective and religiosity) were significantly correlated with greater satisfaction with social support, higher levels of self-esteem, and decreased levels of smoking. Sociodemographic, psychosocial, and spiritual variables explained 25% of the variance in frequency of smoking, and in the logistic regression analysis, psychosocial stress was the only variable that significantly predicted substance use.Conclusion Higher levels of spirituality and lower levels of stress are associated with decreased health risk behaviors among pregnant women from Appalachia. Increasing spiritual resources and decreasing stress during pregnancy offer the potential to improve health promotion efforts in pregnancy with women from Appalachia.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Jesse, D. E., & Reed, P. G.
- Affiliations
- East Carolina University (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jesse, D. Elizabeth
- Venue
- Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-11
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 739-747
- ISSN
- 0090-0311 (ISSN-L)
- 0884-2175
- OpenAlex
- W2119501663
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Sigma Theta Tau International
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Keywords
- spirituality, religiosity, psychosocial well-being, health risk behaviors, pregnant women, Appalachia, maternal smoking, psychosocial stress, social support, self-esteem, substance use, prenatal care
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Appalachian Region, Attitude to Health, Female, Health Status, Humans, Maternal Behavior, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Stress, Psychological, Nursing Methodology Research, Health Behavior, Spirituality
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