[Psychopathologic aspects of abortion and premature labor]

Besides well-known organic reasons also a psychogenic participation in the symptom complex of an imminent abortion respectively an imminent preterm delivery has to be taken into consideration. In this study 15 pregnant women with an imminent abortion respectively an imminent preterm delivery had been investigated by the help of an anamnestic data questionnaire and different psychometric tests. This group had been opposed with a group of 91 women with an uncomplicated course of their pregnancy to disclose expected differences with regard to their personality profile, variables of their partnership and their adjustment, their experienced ancieties and anamnestic data, which shall be of importance for the outcome of the clinical symptoms. The results of this investigation show that among different psychogenic factors it is an asthenic personality profile coupled with neurotical and paranoid assimilation which reduces the psychic capacity of these pregnant women to cope with the adaptation processes of their occurred pregnancy and acuses the outcome of the clinical symptom complex of pretern labour.