Psychosocial Conditioning of Stress in High-Risk Pregnancy as a Result of Gestational Diabetes

Abstract

The aim of the thesis is assessment of psychosocial conditioning: type D personality, temperament, resilience, quality of marriage, influencing the kind of gain and loss of personal resources as well as the assessment of amount of stress in high-risk pregnancy as a result of pregnancy diabetes. 48 women with pregnancy diabetes were examined at Pregnancy Pathology Ward in Dr Jan Biziel University Hospital No. 2 in Bydgoszcz. In the research the following instruments were applied: Type D Assessment Scale (DS14), Temperament Questionnaire EAS, Polish Resiliency Assessment Scale (SPP-25), Questionnaire of Marriage Quality, Conservation of Resources Evaluation, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS 10). The research results show that the experienced stress in 67% is caused by the feeling of poor economic status, low openness to new experiences, feeling fear, low social inhibition and bigger number of children. Individual features such as: age, place of living, economic status, resemblance to partner, disappointment, self-fulfillment, distressed personality, resilience features account for the gain and loss resources. Psychosocial conditioning correlate with gain and loss resources after childbirth.