Fear of pregnancy and childbirth in women and men: gender aspects and parenting experience

The article discusses the fear of pregnancy and childbirth as a multidimensional subjective phenomenon. It is noted that phenomenon associated not only with period expectation child (or) preparation for childbirth, but also existential experience arises in subject outside partnership context procreation, which recorded from fertile age. However, contributes to understanding concretisation this both partners. sources are extensive. At same time, Russian literature, interpretational aspects revealed mainly female sample. An empirical study was carried out in-depth male problem its dependence on parenting or prospects (n=141). results demonstrate present women men does depend life context. content main fears identical, more pronounced structured. unified revealed. subjects without parenting.