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Pregnancy‐related anxiety has been identified as a distinct anxiety associated with adverse outcomes. This partial replication of the seminal study which demonstrated pregnancy‐related anxiety and measures of state/trait anxiety and depression shared little variance, provides additional empirical support for this anxiety type. In addition, the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) was examined together with the contributing role of neuroticism.

Pregnant women were recruited online (n = 202, M_age = 25.0, SD = 4.9), and completed the Pregnancy‐Related Anxiety Questionnaire‐Revised (PRAQ‐R2), PASS, Edinburgh Depression Scale, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the International Personality Item Pool Neuroticism scale.

There were small to very large correlations between all main variables. Large correlations between the predictors (anxiety, depression, neuroticism) indicated …