Couvade syndrome、stress and social support of expectant fathers

• Main Authors: Tsai Shiow-Meei, 蔡秀美
• Other Authors: Chen C.H.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1995
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81574802902723896841

碩士 === 高雄醫學院 === 護理學研究所 === 83 === The study was conducted to investigate the somatic symp- toms、 stress and social support of expectant fathers during the third trimester, and to explore the potential predictors that related to the Couvade syndrome of expe- ctant fathers.Purposive sampling was used to recruit subjects of two groups:(1) expectant father group:150 expectant fathers during the third trimester from the obstetrical clinic and prenatal class of four hospitals. (2) control group:150 matched males.Three instruments were used to collect data:the Somatic Symptom Checklist, the Perceived Stress Scale and the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List.Pearson product-moment correlation,two- sample t-test,Mann-Whitney U test,analysis of variance (ANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multiple regression were utilized to analyze data. The results found that: (1)The expectant fathers suffered more somatic symptoms than control group.(2)Sixty-eight percent of sub- jects were identified as having Couvade syndrome.(3)Expec- tant fathers showed a significantly higher score on per- ceived stress than controls.(4)The somatic symptom of expectant fathers was positively related to perceived stress and negatively related to social support. (5)The best subsets to predict the criterion variable of Couvade syndrome included perceived stress and attendance of prenatalk class.Implications for nursing practice:(1)Increase nurses' knowledge of expectant fathers' experiences and enhance nurses' sensitivity of their somatic symptoms.(2)Encourage expectant fathers to participate in the prenatal class to promote their quality of life.