TY - JOUR
T1 - Life stresses and premature labor
T2 - Real connection or artifactual findings?
AU - Omer, H.
AU - Friedlander, D.
AU - Palti, Z.
AU - Shekel, I.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Three studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between life stresses and premature labor. A retrospective study executed between 3 and 9 months after delivery in cases with the baby in good health showed no difference in life events between the premature labor and control groups. A prospective study showed a slightly positive relationship between life-events questionnaires and premature contractions in pregnancy. It was suggested, however, that these results might be due not to real life stresses, but to the presence of psychopathologic tendencies in women at risk for premature contractions. A real-life study showed that the stress of the Yom Kippur War was linked to a decrease in the incidence of premature deliveries. Future research should avoid the pitfalls of retrospective studies carried out close to the time of delivery. More effort should be spent on prospective studies in spite of the difficulties. The need to investigate the effect of real-life stresses is felt. For this purpose the area of community disasters may provide a fruitful field of study.
AB - Three studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between life stresses and premature labor. A retrospective study executed between 3 and 9 months after delivery in cases with the baby in good health showed no difference in life events between the premature labor and control groups. A prospective study showed a slightly positive relationship between life-events questionnaires and premature contractions in pregnancy. It was suggested, however, that these results might be due not to real life stresses, but to the presence of psychopathologic tendencies in women at risk for premature contractions. A real-life study showed that the stress of the Yom Kippur War was linked to a decrease in the incidence of premature deliveries. Future research should avoid the pitfalls of retrospective studies carried out close to the time of delivery. More effort should be spent on prospective studies in spite of the difficulties. The need to investigate the effect of real-life stresses is felt. For this purpose the area of community disasters may provide a fruitful field of study.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006842-198605000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00006842-198605000-00006
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C2 - 3726050
AN - SCOPUS:0022639319
SN - 0033-3174
VL - 48
SP - 362
EP - 373
JO - Psychosomatic Medicine
JF - Psychosomatic Medicine
IS - 5
ER -