Relationships Among Stress Coping Styles and Pregnancy Complications Among Women Exposed to Hurricane Katrina

ConclusionExposure to disaster‐related stress may complicate pregnancy, whereas some coping styles may mitigate its effects. Further research should explore how coping styles may mitigate or exacerbate the effect of major stressors and how positive coping styles can be encouraged or augmented.

Source: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing - February 24, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Olurinde Oni, Emily Harville, Xu Xiong, Pierre Buekens Tags: Research Source Type: research