Dyadic Adjustment and Prenatal Attachment in Couples during Pregnancy

Abstract

This study is aimed to examine the relationship between dyadic adjustment and prenatal attachment. 346 pregnant women who applied to the antenatal polyclinic of a University Research Hospital constituted the sampling of the study. A pregnancy-information form, and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale and Prenatal Attachment Inventory were used to collect data from the pregnant women. There was a weak, positive, and significant relationship between prenatal attachment and dyadic adjustment. However, this study showed that pregnant women had a high dyadic adjustment and prenatal attachment. Also, it presented the need for improving dyadic adjustment to enhance prenatal attachment among pregnant women.

Keywords:

• Dyadic adjustment
• prenatal attachment
• pregnant
• women
• couples

Acknowledgments

The author thanks Okan Mete Cander for translation. Additionally, the author sincerely appreciates the study participants for their commitment to being in the study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Author contributions

Study conception and design: GF; Data collection: GF; Data analysis and interpretation: GF; Drafting of the article: GF; Critical revision of the article: GF.