Prenatal Optimism and its Relationship with Fetal and Maternal Characteristics in Primiparous Women

Introduction Maternal and fetal characteristics can be effect on optimism which vary among different cultures and countries. So the aim of this study was to determine Prenatal Optimism and its relationship with fetal and maternal characteristics in primiparous women. Materials and Methods This research study was a descriptive cross - sectional. The statistical populations consisted of 240 pregnancy women with first experience of Isfahan city in (2014-2015) in which were selected by simple available sampling. Demographic/fetal/maternal characteristics and life orientation questionnaire were completed by the participants. For data analysis Pearson correlation coefficient and enter regression by SPSS-14 were used. Results