Let my father listen to my heart sounds too: Attachment in fathers who perform Leopold maneuvers and listen to fetal heart sounds, attachment and partner relationships in mothers

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dc.contributor.authorOkyay, Esra Karatas
dc.contributor.authorGuney, Esra
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T13:33:22Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T13:33:22Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective This study was carried out to determine the effects of having expectant fathers perform the Leopold maneuvers and listen to fetal heart sounds on antenatal attachment in expecting couples and partner relationships in pregnant women. Materials and Methods The sample of the experimental study consisted of 132 women, 132 men, constituting 66 couples in the experimental group and 66 in the control group. The expectant fathers in the experimental group performed the Leopold maneuvers. They listened to fetal heart sounds for 5-10 min at every practice. In both groups, the pregnant women filled out the Personal Information Form (PIF), the Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS), and the Prenatal Self-Evaluation Questionnaire-Relationship with Partner Subscale (PSEQ-RPS), whereas the expectant fathers filled out the PIF and the Paternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (PAAS). Results After the expectant fathers in the experimental group performed the Leopold maneuvers and listened to the heart sounds of their fetuses, the pregnant women in the experimental group had significantly higher total MAAS scores and significantly lower total PSEQ-RPS scores than those in the control group (respectively, p < .001 and p < .05). The total PAAS scores of the expectant fathers in the experimental group were significantly higher than the total PAAS scores of those in the control group (p < .001). Conclusion It was determined that having expectant fathers perform the Leopold maneuvers and listen to fetal heart sounds resulted in increased antenatal attachment levels in the expectant fathers and pregnant women and affected the relationships between the pregnant women and their partners positively.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jjns.70002
dc.identifier.issn1742-7932
dc.identifier.issn1742-7924
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9679-9325
dc.identifier.pmid40015718
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85219524709
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jjns.70002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/109091
dc.identifier.volume22
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001434084100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofJapan Journal of Nursing Science
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250329
dc.subjectattachment
dc.subjectfetal heart sounds
dc.subjectLeopold maneuvers
dc.subjectmidwifery
dc.subjectpartner relationships
dc.titleLet my father listen to my heart sounds too: Attachment in fathers who perform Leopold maneuvers and listen to fetal heart sounds, attachment and partner relationships in mothers
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