Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant Attachment

Objective: This study was conducted to examine the factors associated with anxiety and father-infant attachment in prospective fathers and to determine the relationship between them.Methods: The population of the descriptive and correlational study consisted of prospective fathers aged 18 years and...

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Main Authors: Gizem Kurtuluş, Yasemin Hamlacı Başkaya, Büşra Yolcu
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Language:English
Published: Atatürk University 2025-03-01
Series:Ebelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3708613
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Yasemin Hamlacı Başkaya
Büşra Yolcu
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description Objective: This study was conducted to examine the factors associated with anxiety and father-infant attachment in prospective fathers and to determine the relationship between them.Methods: The population of the descriptive and correlational study consisted of prospective fathers aged 18 years and older in Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital. A total of 106 prospective fathers who met the inclusion criteria were included in the sample. The data were collected face-to-face by distributing the forms to the prospective fathers using the personal information form, prenatal paternal attachment scale and trait anxiety scale. Results: The level of prenatal paternal attachment is affected by the factors of educational status, economic status, feeling ready for fatherhood, planned pregnancy, the emotion felt when learning that he became a father, harmony with the spouse, the father's accompaniment to the controls, and the negative effect of the change in physical appearance during pregnancy (p
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spelling doaj-art-cbc2f2dc31484bb9a171f21f8e4cc4102025-08-20T02:54:03ZengAtatürk UniversityEbelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi2687-21102025-03-0181515810.62425/esbder.143212355Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant AttachmentGizem Kurtuluş0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4095-6517Yasemin Hamlacı Başkaya1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1533-8667Büşra Yolcu2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8896-4370sakarya üniversitesisakarya üniversitesiSAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİObjective: This study was conducted to examine the factors associated with anxiety and father-infant attachment in prospective fathers and to determine the relationship between them.Methods: The population of the descriptive and correlational study consisted of prospective fathers aged 18 years and older in Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital. A total of 106 prospective fathers who met the inclusion criteria were included in the sample. The data were collected face-to-face by distributing the forms to the prospective fathers using the personal information form, prenatal paternal attachment scale and trait anxiety scale. Results: The level of prenatal paternal attachment is affected by the factors of educational status, economic status, feeling ready for fatherhood, planned pregnancy, the emotion felt when learning that he became a father, harmony with the spouse, the father's accompaniment to the controls, and the negative effect of the change in physical appearance during pregnancy (phttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3708613fatheranxietyattachmentinfantpregnantfatheranxietyattachmentinfantpregnant
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Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant Attachment
Ebelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
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title Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant Attachment
title_full Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant Attachment
title_fullStr Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant Attachment
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant Attachment
title_short Anxiety in Fathers and Father-Infant Attachment
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url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3708613
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