The effect of pregnancy on happiness

TÜRK R., Sakar T., ERKAYA R.

7th International Conference on Intercultural Education - Education, Health and ICT - From a Transcultural Perspective (EDUHEM), Almeria, İspanya, 15 - 17 Haziran 2016, cilt.237, ss.1247-1253 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 237
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2017.02.198
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Almeria
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1247-1253
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pregnant women, happiness, midwife, BODY-IMAGE, WOMEN
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: This descriptive study aims to investigate whether pregnancy affects women's level of happiness during their pregnancy. Methods: The study population consisted of 247 pregnant women, who agreed to participate in the research voluntarily. Personal information form and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short-Form (OHQ-SF) were used for data collection. Percentage and number distributions, averages, min-max, ANOVA, t-test, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann Whitney-U tests were used in the evaluation of the data.