Maternal-Fetal Attachment and Maternal Identity according to Type of Stress Coping Strategies on Immigration Pregnancy Women
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
;
: 232-240, 2015.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-223849
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this descriptive survey study was designed to identify the stress coping types of married immigrant pregnant women and find out the differences in maternal-fetal attachment and maternal identity based on each types.METHODS:
151 married immigrant women who visited 3 women's hospitals located in J-do for pre-pregnancy checkup were selected as study objects. Data were analyzed by dsecriptive statistics, cluster analysis, t- test, ANOVA, and Scheffe multiple comparison test.RESULTS:
Cluster analysis revealed 4 distinct stress coping styles; low stress-coping involvement social support-oriented type, high stress-coping involvement hopeful thinking type, low stress-coping involvement type, effective stress coping types. Women frequently using effective stress coping type among the four types reported higher maternal-fetal attachment. The group of active coping styles got significantly higher score on maternal identity.CONCLUSION:
Proper stress coping of married immigrant pregnant women regarding pregnancies proved to result in high levels of maternal-fetal attachment and maternal identity. Studies measuring the stress coping styles that affect pregnancies should be continuously conducted.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Thinking
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Maternal-Fetal Relations
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Pregnant Women
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Emigration and Immigration
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Emigrants and Immigrants
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Hope
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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