1- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey , hediye.bekmezci@karatay.edu.tr
2- Kızılay Hospital, Delivery Room, Konya, Turkey
3- Konya Karatay 85 No Family Health Center, Konya, Turkey
2- Kızılay Hospital, Delivery Room, Konya, Turkey
3- Konya Karatay 85 No Family Health Center, Konya, Turkey
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Background: Although societal change and evolving family roles shape generational identities, limited research has investigated whether these shifts are reflected in psychosocial adaptation during pregnancy. This study compared marital adjustment, pregnancy acceptance, and maternal role adaptation between pregnant women from Generation Y and Generation Z.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 30, 2022, and February 29, 2023, among 347 married pregnant women in Türkiye (Generation Y: n = 170; Generation Z: n = 177). Participants were recruited from pregnancy-related social media platforms using non-probability convenience sampling. Inclusion criteria were birth between 1980 and 2015, being married and pregnant, being literate, and providing consent to participate. Data were collected online using the Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire and the Marital Adjustment Test. Independent-samples t-tests, chi-square tests, and multiple linear regression analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 27.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA).
Results: In bivariate analyses, marital adjustment scores were higher among Generation Y participants (p = 0.026). However, this association was no longer statistically significant after adjustment for age, duration of marriage, number of pregnancies, employment status, and planned pregnancy (β = -0.148, p = 0.122). No significant generational differences were observed in pregnancy acceptance or maternal role adaptation (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Initial comparisons suggested a generational difference in marital adjustment; however, this difference was attenuated after adjustment for sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics and was no longer statistically significant. No statistically significant differences were observed between generations in pregnancy acceptance or maternal role adaptation. Because the overall regression model was not statistically significant, adjusted findings should be interpreted cautiously.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 30, 2022, and February 29, 2023, among 347 married pregnant women in Türkiye (Generation Y: n = 170; Generation Z: n = 177). Participants were recruited from pregnancy-related social media platforms using non-probability convenience sampling. Inclusion criteria were birth between 1980 and 2015, being married and pregnant, being literate, and providing consent to participate. Data were collected online using the Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire and the Marital Adjustment Test. Independent-samples t-tests, chi-square tests, and multiple linear regression analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 27.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA).
Results: In bivariate analyses, marital adjustment scores were higher among Generation Y participants (p = 0.026). However, this association was no longer statistically significant after adjustment for age, duration of marriage, number of pregnancies, employment status, and planned pregnancy (β = -0.148, p = 0.122). No significant generational differences were observed in pregnancy acceptance or maternal role adaptation (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Initial comparisons suggested a generational difference in marital adjustment; however, this difference was attenuated after adjustment for sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics and was no longer statistically significant. No statistically significant differences were observed between generations in pregnancy acceptance or maternal role adaptation. Because the overall regression model was not statistically significant, adjusted findings should be interpreted cautiously.
Keywords: Generations (Family Characteristics), Family Relationships (Family Relations), Marital Adjustment, Pregnancy Adaptation, Maternal Role
Type of study: Original Article |
Subject:
Midwifery
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