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From Information to Worry: How Selective Interrogation of Information Shapes Expectancies in the Prenatal Period

Auteurs: Mahdi Mazidi, Ben Grafton, Michelle Moulds, Jill Newby, Colin MacLeod

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 1/2025

Abstract

The current study examined the association between elevated prenatal worry and negative expectancies about parenthood and the potential cognitive mechanisms driving such expectancies. Two main hypotheses were examined: First, that negative expectancies about parenthood contribute to elevated prenatal worry, and second, negative selective interrogation of information about parenthood contributes to the formation of more negative expectancies about parenthood. The study recruited 92 first-time pregnant women and evaluated their prenatal worry, parenthood expectancies, and tendency to volitionally choose negative rather than positive information about parenthood (i.e., demonstrate a negative interrogation bias). Our findings revealed a significant association between negative expectancies about parenthood and elevated prenatal worry. Additionally, those with a negative interrogation bias were more likely to hold negative expectancies concerning parenthood. The relationship between this bias and prenatal worry was mediated by negative expectancies. Findings are discussed with regards to limitations and potential implications for expectancy-focused interventions for prenatal worry.

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The text of the prompt read “a negative experience rather than a positive experience” when generating narrative transcripts for negative information cues and read “a positive experience rather than a negative experience” when generating narrative transcripts for positive information cues”.

It should be noted that for testing all predictions generated by the hypotheses, the reported results used the ‘negative expectancies about parenthood’ index from the first assessment. The same analyses were replicated using the second assessment of parenthood expectancies, and the pattern of results was the same.

The same mediation model was tested using PROCESS syntax with a bias-corrected bootstrapping (10,000 resamples) and the pattern of the results were the same.

The same analysis was conducted with negative expectancy elevation index computed using the residualized scores (Castro-Schilo & Grimm, 2017) and the pattern of the results were the same.

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Titel: From Information to Worry: How Selective Interrogation of Information Shapes Expectancies in the Prenatal Period
Auteurs: Mahdi Mazidi
Ben Grafton
Michelle Moulds
Jill Newby
Colin MacLeod
Publicatiedatum: 15-11-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 1/2025
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10551-4

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