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Sung and Joo: Relationships among Marital Satisfaction, Spousal Support and Practice of Taekyo in Pregnant Women
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2011; 17(1): 31-38.

Published online: 31 March 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2011.17.1.31

Relationships among Marital Satisfaction, Spousal Support and Practice of Taekyo in Pregnant Women

Mi-Hae Sung1, Kyung Sook Joo2

1Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Inje University, Korea.

2Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Munkyung College, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Sung, Mi-Hae, Department of Nursing, Inje University, 633-165 Gaegeum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Korea. Tel: 82-51-890-6825, Fax: 82-51-896-9840, nursmh@inje.ac.kr

Received 7 January 2011       Accepted 28 February 2011

Copyright © 2011 Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among marital satisfaction, spousal support and practice of Taekyo among pregnant women.

Methods

This study was conducted by the use of questionnaire surveys with two hundred and eighty-three pregnant women at several hospitals located in Gyeonggi province and Daejeon city from October 2008 to April 2009. Contents of questionnaire included marital satisfaction, spousal support and practice of Taekyo. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression were conducted for data analysis using SPSS/WIN 17.0 program.

Results

Degree of marital satisfaction, spousal support, and practice of Taekyo showed the high ranking among pregnant women. There was a significant difference in order of fetus, need for Taekyo, and time in Taekyo. There was a positive relationship between marital satisfaction, spousal support, and practice of Taekyo. The significant factors influencing the practice of Taekyo was connected with marital satisfaction, order of fetus and time in Taekyo. The total explanatory range was 29.3%.

Conclusion

There is a need for multidimensional strategy in improving marital satisfaction. This study can be used as a foundation for maternal nursing education program and can be developed for practice of Taekyo.

Keywords: Marriage, Satisfaction, Social support, Prenatal care

Figures and Tables

Table 1
Practice of Taekyo according to General Characteristics of Subjects (N=283)
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†No response excluded.

Table 2
Degree of Marital Satisfaction, Spousal Support, and Practice of Taekyo (N=283)
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Table 3
Correlation between Marital Satisfaction, Spousal Support, and Practice of Taekyo (N=283)
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Table 4
Predictors of Practice of Taekyo (N=283)
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Cum.R2=Cumulative R2.

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