Cross-sectional study demonstrates lower death anxiety linked to higher spiritual well-being and social support in primigravid women, highlighting potential psychological buffers.
Key Points
To evaluate the relationships among spiritual well-being, perceived social support, and death anxiety in primigravid women, and assess the indirect association via perceived social support.
Conducted a cross-sectional study of 390 primigravid women at an antenatal outpatient clinic in northern Türkiye.
Measured variables using the Three-Factor Spiritual Well-Being Scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the Death Anxiety Scale.
Analyzed data via Pearson correlations, hierarchical multiple regression, and indirect association modeling using PROCESS Model 4 with 5,000 bootstrap samples.
Spiritual well-being was positively correlated with perceived social support (r = 0.495, p < 0.001) and inversely correlated with death anxiety (r = −0.554, p < 0.001).
Perceived social support displayed a significant negative correlation with death anxiety (r = −0.522, p < 0.001).
In adjusted regression models, spiritual well-being (β = −0.152, p < 0.001) and social support (β = −0.145, p < 0.001) independently predicted reduced death anxiety, with an indirect association via social support (B = −0.91, 95% bootstrap CI [−1.44, −0.44]).