Yinge Wang

1 Introduction Childbirth is an important experience for women of reproductive age. During this period, women may experience complex emotions. Fear of childbirth (FOC), a distressing condition related to delivery, is common among pregnant women, especially first-time mothers (Elsharkawy et al. 2024). The prevalence of FOC among pregnant women varies across countries, cultural backgrounds, and measurements, with severe FOC ranging from 3.7% to 43% (O'Connell et al.

All articles published by MDPI are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. No special permission is required to reuse all or part of the article published by MDPI, including figures and tables. For articles published under an open access Creative Common CC BY license, any part of the article may be reused without permission provided that the original article is clearly cited. For more information, please refer to https://www.mdpi.com/openaccess.

Preprint Article Version 1 This version is not peer-reviewed Version 1 : Received: 7 December 2023 / Approved: 8 December 2023 / Online: 11 December 2023 (03:05:17 CET) Zhao, F.; Wang, Y.; Li, Y.; Li, S.; Wang, Z.; Hou, J. Gendered Parenting: Maternal Son Preference and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Early Adolescents. Preprints 2023, 2023120587. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0587.v1 Zhao, F.; Wang, Y.; Li, Y.; Li, S.; Wang, Z.; Hou, J.