Anxiety has an important role in various f ields ofpsychology and certainly in specif ic periods of human life.This study is to focus on conf irmatory factor analysis ofPregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire (PRAQ) that hasbeen designed by keeping in mind the Iranian pregnantwomen population. After conf irming the validity andcontent to the psychometric tool, 170 pregnant women inhealth centres of Kerman city were selected throughrandom sampling method to f ill-up the PRAQquestionnaire and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Based on theresults it could be concluded we Iranian have not muchdifference in components of pregnancy anxiety whilecomparing with the cases of the other countries. This studycertainly would introduce a tool which could be benef icialin measuring anxiety and concerns of women duringpregnancy.
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