Is pregnancy loss (that) disenfranchised? Evidence from a vignette study.

Perceiving that society disregards grief after pregnancy loss (disenfranchised grief) elevates bereaved parents' psychological burden. In this research, we aimed to compare the disenfranchisement of pregnancy loss with four other loss types considering the bereaved's gender. We collected data from Turkish participants (= 1,280) using a 5 (loss type) x 2 (gender) between-subjects design with randomly assigned vignettes.

Dyadic investigations of past traumatic events and affectionate touch frequency in couples.

Past traumatic events negatively affect romantic relationships, yet their impact on affectionate touch, an important predictor of psychological and relational well-being, remains unknown. In two preregistered studies with nonclinical samples, we hypothesized that traumatic events are negatively associated with affectionate touch frequency for both the victim (i.e.

Birth expectations, birth experiences and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms in mothers and birth companions: Dyadic investigation using response surface analysis.

Objectives: During the perinatal period, women and their birth companions form expectations about childbirth. We aimed to examine whether a mismatch between birth expectations and experiences predict childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms (CB-PTSS) for mothers and birth companions. We also explored the influence of the mismatch between mothers' and birth companions' expectations/experiences on CB-PTSS.