The Effects of Prenatal Optimism and Spiritual Intelligence Levels on Childbirth Attitudes

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 1, 35 - 41, 28.03.2025

Habibe Bay Özçalık , Ayşe Nur Ataş

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1362979

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effects of prenatal optimism and spiritual intelligence on childbirth attitudes in pregnant women.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was completed with the participation of 288 pregnant women. The data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire, the Life Orientation Test, and the Scale for Spiritual Intelligence.
Results: The mean total score of the Scale for Spiritual Intelligence, Life Orientation Test, and Childbirth Attitudes Questionnaire of the participants were determined to be 47.95±7.81, 18.43±4.85, and 39.26±10.89, respectively. It was determined that while spiritual intelligence levels did not have a significant effect on the childbirth attitudes variable, prenatal optimism levels had a significant effect on childbirth attitudes, where the former explained approximately 5% of the variance in the latter (R2=0.047, p=.001).
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, an increase in the prenatal optimism of pregnant women helps their fear of childbirth decrease.

Keywords

Prenatal, Pregnancy, Optimism, Spiritual Intelligence, Childbirth Attitude

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by Ethics Committee of Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Selçuk University, Faculty of Health Sciences (Approval date: 27.01.2022; Number: 2022/58)

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