Prenatal attachment, anxiety and depression in pregnant adolescents and the emotional availability of their parents

Objective: Adolescent pregnancy is a common sociological problem in undeveloped and developing countries. Anadolescent is not able to reach neither physical nor psychosocial maturity regarding marriage, founding a family and having a child. For this reason, not only girls but also their children born are exposed to many negative consequences as a result of adolescent pregnancies. This study aimed to investigate the prenatal attachment and theanxiety/depression levels of pregnant adolescents. We also examined the emotional availability of their parents.Methods: Fifty-five pregnant adolescents and 61 non-pregnant adolescents were included. Prenatal AttachmentInventory, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Lum Emotional Availability of Parents were filled out by theparticipants. Results: The education of pregnant adolescents ends earlier than control group. The mothers' age of marriage and age of having the first child in the case group were lower (p

Ergen gebelerin prenatal bağlanmaları, anksiyete/depresyon düzeyleri ile anne-babalarının duygusal erişilebilirliği

Amaç: Ergen gebelik, gelişmemiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerde yaygın bir toplumsal sorundur. Bir ergen evlilik, aile kurmak ve çocuk sahibi olmak için ne fiziksel, ne de ruhsal-toplumsal olgunluğa erişemez. Bu nedenle, sadece kız çocukları değil aynı zamanda ergen gebelik sonucunda doğan çocuklar da birçok olumsuzluklara maruz kalmaktadır. Bu çalışmada gebe ergenlerin prenatal bağlanmaları ile anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerini araştırmayı amaçladık. Ayrıca bu ergenlerin anne-babalarının duygusal erişilebilirliklerini de inceledik. Yöntem: Çalışmaya 55 gebe ergen ve 61 gebe olmayan ergen alındı. Katılımcılar tarafından Prenatal Bağlanma Ölçeği, Hastane Anksiyete ve Depresyon Ölçeği (HADÖ) ve Ebeveynin Duygusal Erişilebilirliği Ölçeği (EDEÖ) dolduruldu. Bulgular: Ergen gebelerin eğitim düzeyi kontrol grubuna göre daha düşüktü. Olgu grubunda ergenlerin annelerinin evlilik yaşı ve ilk çocuğa sahip olma yaşı daha düşüktü (p

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