Relationship between Spiritual Well-Being and Resilience with Health Anxiety in Pregnant Women: The Mediating Role of self-Compassion

Pregnancy and the period after it are associated with psychological and physiological changes that sometimes lead to mental disorders and affective aspects of a personchr('39')s life and relationships with others. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being and resilience with health anxiety with the mediating role of self-compassion in pregnant women.

The present descriptive study was conducted in 2020 on 371 pregnant women referred to health centers in Hamadan, Iran. They were selected by cluster randomization method from different areas of Hamadan. Several questionnaires were used to collect data: Spiritual Well-Being Scale, Self-Compassion, Health anxiety inventory, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 26 and LISREL 10.2 software by descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation.

The results of path analysis showed that spiritual well-being (β=-0.36), resilience (β=0.28), and self-compassion (β=-0.55) have a significant relationship with health anxiety (p<0.01).

The self-compassion directly and indirectly reduces health anxiety in pregnant women.