The study investigated the mediator role of death obsession in the relationship between pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder among pregnant women in the Capricorn district, South Africa. Two hundred and six conveniently selected respondents completed questionnaires individually. Statistically significant associations were found between pregnancy-related anxiety and death obsession, death obsession and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder, and pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (ps ⩽ .05). Analysis further showed that death obsession mediates the relationship between pregnancy-related anxiety and both composite scores of a prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder measure (Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory–Revised) and most of its components. The findings suggest that death obsession is a likely mediator that has to be studied further.

这项研究调查了死亡魔咒在南非摩death座地区孕妇怀孕相关焦虑与产前强迫症之间的中介作用。266名方便选择的受访者分别完成了问卷。从统计中发现妊娠有关的焦虑和死亡的迷恋，迷恋死亡和产前强迫症，与妊娠有关的焦虑和产前强迫症（间显著的关联ps⩽.05）。分析还表明，死亡痴迷介导了妊娠相关的焦虑与产前强迫症测评（强迫症量表，修订版）及其大部分成分之间的关​​系。研究结果表明，死亡痴迷是可能的中介者，必须进一步研究。