1. Protective and vulnerability personality traits associated with PTSD diagnosis after preterm delivery.
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Grand L, Hammami S, Bourdon S, Demarly Drumelle C, Auer J, Rolland AC, Eutrope J, and Olivier M
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- Humans, Female, Adult, Pregnancy, Neuroticism, Mothers psychology, Extraversion, Psychological, Young Adult, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic psychology, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic diagnosis, Premature Birth psychology, Personality
- Abstract
Giving birth prematurely is a traumatic event that has many consequences for the mother but also for her baby and their family. Studies have shown that about a quarter of these mothers will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result. This study aims to identify internal personality factors associated with the development of PTSD in mothers who gave birth before 33 weeks. The results revealed significant correlations between two personality dimensions (neuroticism and extraversion) and the likeliness of developing PTSD in mothers who gave birth prematurely. Neuroticism is positively liked with the disorder while extraversion is negatively correlated with it. Studies should now focus on early detection of PTSD and better interventions for these mothers., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2024 Grand et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- 2024
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