Gebelerin Gebeliği İsteme Durumuna Göre Aleksitimik Özelliklerinin Karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Aim: This study was conducted to compare alexithymia levels of pregnant women intending and not intending their pregnancy. Material and Methods: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted at a maternity hospital in eastern Turkey. 446 pregnant women (intending pregnancy:222, not intending pregnancy:224) who were voluntary to participate in the study were included in the study without making any sample selection. The data were collected by using Personal Information Form and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) between July and August 2016. The data were assessed by using percentage distributions, mean, chi-square, and independent samples t-test in SPSS packaged software. Results: It was found that the pregnant women included in the study had similar socio-demographic characteristics and there was no statistically significant difference (p>0.05). While mean score obtained by the women intending their pregnancy from Toronto Alexithymia Scale was 65.04±11.83, mean score of the women not intending their pregnancy for Toronto Alexithymia Scale was 65.37±11.15. When mean scores of women intending and not intending their pregnancy for Toronto alexithymia Scale were compared, it was determined that the difference between mean scores of the groups was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Conclusion: The groups were homogenous in terms of socio-demographic characteristics and no difference was observed between alexithymia levels of women intending and not intending their pregnancy.