Background and aims: Pregnancy is an acute period in the lifetime of women, during which numerous excitatory physical and social changes occure.Therefore, the present research tries to explore the relationship between the Social Support and attachment styles for predict psychological well-being of pregnant women in Borujen town.
Methods: This study which is of descriptive-analytical nature has been conducted on 300 of pregnant women living in the town of Borujen. The data were gathered using to measure of study variables was used of Social support questionnaire (Conti Mitchell), the scale of experiences in close relationships (ECR-R). Psychological well-being Questionnaire (Kishida). Using descriptive statistics, multiple and step by step regression analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient were analysis data.
Results: Results showed that social support predicted psychological well-being of pregnant women significantly (P<0.001) and by adding a variable of attachment styles to social support variable increases predictive power of psychological well-being in Pregnant women (P<0.001).
Conclusion: Considering the need of the pregnant women to the social support from their surrounding people, attachment styles could influence their physical, psychological health in leaving behind this period.
Naderi -Boldaji R, Moradi A, Mobasheri M, mirzaeian R, Yusefi Z. Exploring the relationship between the social support and attachment styles for predict psychological well-being of pregnant women in Borujen county. Journal of Clinical Nursing and Midwifery 2014; 2 (4) :37-44 URL: http://78.39.35.47/article-1-82-en.html