THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREGNANT WOMEN' EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH, READİNESS FOR CHILDBIRTH AND WAYS OF COPING WITH STRESS

Abstract

Aim: This study was carried out to determine the relationship between pregnant women's emotionalintelligence (EI) , Fear of Labor (FOC), Readiness for Labor (RFC), and ways of overcoming the stress.Material and Method: The research is descriptive-correlational. The study was carried out with 665pregnant women who were in the third trimester and admitted to the obstetrics and gynecology clinics inNothern Turkey. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Emotional IntelligenceAssessment Scale (EIAS), Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (PSEQ) and Ways of CopingChecklist (WCCL). Percentage, mean ± standard deviation and median, Kolmogorov Smirnov test,Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression analysis were used to analyze the data.Results: In the study, the pregnant women's emotional intelligence (EI) score average was 126.30±28,the RFC average was 29.25±4.77 and the FOC average was 27.46±4.58. Self-Confident Approach,Optimistic Approach and Finding Social Support dimensions of the Stress Coping Styles Scale inPregnant Women were found to be above the average score, and the Desperate Approach andSubmissive Approach dimensions scores were below the average score. It was determined that therewas a weakly significant positive correlation between the total EI scores of the pregnant women and themean scores of RFC, FOC and coping with stress (p