Misa Naghdipour Mirsadeghi - Reproductive Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Zahra Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
Zahra Hamidi Madani - Reproductive Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
Aynaz Boostan - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saveh Chamran Hospital, Saveh, Iran
Ali Massoudifar - Department of Psychiatry, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Background & Objective: Although giving birth is quite a natural process in a woman's life; it is very painful. Different people, however, experience this pain on different levels. In fact, one's perception of labor pain is determined by physiological, cultural, social, mental, and psychological factors. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between personality traits and one's perception of labor pain. Materials & Methods: This study is a descriptive-analytical correlational study. Two questionnaires were used for Gathering information: one on personality traits and the other on labor pain. One hundred participants were chosen according to their demographic information from a pool of pregnant women at the Persian Gulf Hospital maternity ward in Bandar Abbas City. The data was analyzed using descriptive and analytical measures such as the Pearson Factor. Results: Meaningful positive relationship between labor pain and Neuroticism (P=۰.۰۰۰, r=۰.۴۴۸), Openness (P=۰.۰۰۰, r=۰.۵۱۷) and Agreeableness (P=۰.۰۰۳, r=۰.۲۹۶). While Consciousness (P=۰.۰۴۷, r=-۰.۱۹۹) is found to have a meaningful negative relationship, extraversion shows no correlation with labor pain. Conclusion: Good Childbirth Counseling and proper training, based explicitly on a mother's personality traits, could significantly help provide an enjoyable childbirth experience and reduce the unnecessary demand for C-section operations.

Personality traits, Pain perception, Labor pain