Hilal Ozbek, Sukran Ertekin Pinar, ‘The effect of haptonomy applied to pregnant women on perceived stress, fear of childbirth, and prenatal attachment: randomized controlled experimental study’, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-022-03388-1, Current Psychology – A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, Springer Nature (16 July 2022)
In the study, it was found that haptonomy decreased perceived stress and fear of childbirth in pregnant women within 22–28 weeks of gestation and increased prenatal attachment. According to these results, using haptonomy to reduce perceived stress and fear of birth in pregnant women, to increase prenatal attachment, supporting pregnant women to practice haptonomy at home when they apply for check-ups and to do it with their spouses, training midwives on haptonomy, and conducting different studies on haptonomy with different sample groups in which spouses also participate more actively are recommended.
Citaatgegevens
Ozbek, H., Pinar, S.E. The effect of haptonomy applied to pregnant women on perceived stress, fear of childbirth, and prenatal attachment: randomized controlled experimental study. Curr Psychol 42, 23313–23322 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03388-1