Analyzing of The Mother And Father's Parenthood Behaviours at The Early Postpartum Period

NCT ID: NCT06575777

Last Updated: 2025-06-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-02-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-09-02

Brief Summary

There are many physiological and psychological changes in the postpartum period. One of the changes that occur in the family is the process of becoming a parent. Parenthood is a process that begins with the spouses deciding to get pregnant and continues throughout life. The foundations of an individual's future perspective on themselves and the world are largely determined by the parental interactions they experience in the first year of life and their quality. Parenting behaviors exhibited in the early postpartum period show the extent of communication parents have with their babies in later periods. It is also important because it can have short- and long-term effects on the baby. Parenting behaviors are behaviors in which the mother and father show interest in their baby, such as looking at the newborn baby in the postpartum period, asking questions about the baby, smiling at the newborn baby or making noise. Research shows that these behaviors are affected by socioeconomic reasons, the psychological state of the mother and father, their age, whether the pregnancy was planned, and the general health of the newborn. Parenting behaviors should be observed in the prenatal and postnatal period and supported with education when necessary. Parents need to adapt to their changing roles, develop new relationships, and organize their existing relationships according to their new roles. During the transition to parenthood, in addition to the current home and workplace demands, baby care demands are potential stress factors that can disrupt the organization and process of family life and threaten family and marital functioning. During the parental transition, couples with a greater sense of family cohesion willingly take on the challenges of new parenthood, are committed to seeking meaning in the parenting role, and overcome any challenges encountered during the transition, leading to a more satisfying family and marital relationship. Additionally, spousal support and involvement in infant care have been found to be associated with higher satisfaction in marital relationships and family functioning. Research suggests that spousal involvement and support for each other are particularly important for family and marital functioning during the transition to parenthood. Although significant research has been conducted on family and marital functioning during the transition to the parenting role, research on the effects of family cohesion, social support, and stress during the perinatal period on family and marital functioning is limited. This study aimed to examine the parenting behaviors and marital adjustment of mothers and fathers during the postpartum period.

Conditions

Parenting; Behavior; Postpartum Period

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Married Couples with Newborns

No intervention was applied to the group. The surveys planned to be examined in the postpartum period have been completed.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Willingness to participate in the study
• Having a full-term birth (38-42 weeks of gestation)
• No high-risk pregnancy
• Having a healthy newborn
• The couple being married

Exclusion Criteria

• Illiteracy
• High-risk pregnancy
• Multiple pregnancy
• Prematurity
• Newborn weighing less than 2500g or more than 4000g

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Bezmialem Vakif University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Acibadem University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Guzin Unlu Suvari

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Selinay Aktaş Demir, Ph. D. (C)

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

İstinye University

Anayit Margirit Coşkun, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

İstanbul Atlas University

Dilek Sinem Uludağ, B.Sc. (Midwife)

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Esenler Maternity and Children's Hospital

Locations

Acıbadem University

Istanbul, Ataşehir, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

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Other Identifiers

54022451-050.05.04-2019-1810

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id