Stress among pregnant women

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B. Prasad Babu (Department of Psychology, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre, Vijayawada, A. P.)
C. Mohana Sundari (Counselling Psychologist, Manamadurai, Sivagangai Dt. TN) The present study was conducted to examine the level of stress among pregnant women. The study was conducted on a sample of 50 pregnant women among them 16 were below twenty five years of age, 22 were between 25 to 30 years of age and 12 were more than thirty years of age. The mean age of the total patients is 27.79 years. They were administered Stress Assessment Questionnaire developed by Allen Cameron’s (2002). The results indicated that there was significant difference in the level of stress among pregnant women in first, second and third time pregnancy and also there was no significant differences observed in their age, and different stages of pregnancy.