The Effect of Teaching Maternal-Fetal Attachment on the Boredom in First Pregnant Mothers

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student in General Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.

2 Professor of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

3 Faculty of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

4 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran.

5 Director of Women Department, Baqiyatallah Al-Azam University, Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction and purpose: First pregnancy can have damages and psychological as well as emotional distress for the mothers because of unfamiliarity with pregnancy experiences. Therefore the objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of teaching maternal-fetal attachment on the boredom in first pregnant mothers.
Material and Methods: the research method was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and forty-five-day follow-up period design. The statistical population included all first pregnant mothers in the city of Tehran in 2016. The samples under study were 30 first pregnant mothers with the age range of 25-35 years old who were selected through non-random sampling method and they were randomly replaced into experimental and control groups. After selecting the sample size and replacing them into experimental and control groups, the experimental group received nine ninety-minute sessions of comprehensive teaching of maternal-fetal attachment the embryo in a month while the control group didn't receive such intervention during the study process. The applied questionnaires in the present study included boredom scale (Fahlman et al, 2011). The data from the study were analyzed trough repeated measurement ANOVA method.
Findings: the results of data analysis showed that teaching maternal-fetal attachment has significantly influenced boredom (p<0.001).

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medical journal of mashhad university of medical sciences
Volume 64, Issue 4
November and December 2021
Pages 3821-3831

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