Ansiedad y bienestar psicológico de la pareja en la transición a la paternidad

• Autores: Carmen Moreno Rosset, Beatriz Arnal Remón, Rosario Antequera Jurado, Isabel Ramírez Uclés
• Localización: Clínica y salud: Investigación Empírica en Psicología, ISSN 1130-5274, Vol. 27, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 29-35
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clysa.2016.01.004
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Anxiety and psychological wellbeing in couples in transition to parenthood
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  • español

    El objetivo de este estudio es analizar el impacto de la ansiedad y el bienestar psicológico de la pareja en la transición a la paternidad. Una muestra de 256 participantes se dividió en cinco grupos: 54 “no buscan embarazo”, dos grupos que buscan el embarazo, 50 “infértil que no consiguen embarazo” y 50 “infértil que logra el embarazo”, 50 “embarazo natural” y 52 “fértil con niños”. Se utilizó el Inventario de Ansiedad Estado-Rasgo (STAI) y la Escala de Bienestar Psicológico de la pareja (EBP). El “grupo infértil que logra el embarazo” es el que tiene más altos niveles de ansiedad estado, aunque, en relación con la ansiedad rasgo, es el grupo que “no busca embarazo” el que muestra los niveles más altos. En cuanto al bienestar psicológico en la pareja, el grupo “embarazo natural” es el que muestra las puntuaciones más bajas. Estos resultados demuestran el posible papel funcional que la ansiedad estado en los niveles no clínicos puede jugar en el embarazo y confirma que el bienestar psicológico en la relación de pareja disminuye sólo durante el embarazo.

  • English

    The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of anxiety and psychological well-being of couples in the transition to parenthood. A sample of 256 participants was divided into five groups: 54 “not seeking pregnancy”, two groups seeking pregnancy, 50 “infertile that did not get pregnant” and 50 “infertile that achieves pregnancy”, 50 “natural pregnancy”, and 52 “fertile with children”. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Psychological Well-being in Couple Scale (EBP in Spanish) were used. The “infertile group that achieves pregnancy” gets the highest state-anxiety levels, even though regarding the anxiety-trait the group that is “not seeking pregnancy” shows the highest levels. Regarding psychological wellbeing in couples, the “natural pregnancy” group shows the lowest scores. These results demonstrate the possible functional role that anxiety-state in non-clinical levels can play in getting pregnant and confirm that psychological well-being in couple's relationship decreases only during pregnancy.

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