The Relationship of Mental Health and Cognitive-Emotional States with Family Planning Attitudes in Young Women with Chronic Diseases

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 230 - 236, 28.03.2024

Seyhan Çankaya , Gonca Buran , Lütfiye Güler

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1279416

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of mental health and cognitive emotional states with family planning attitudes in young women with chronic diseases.
Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted between 12 January 2022 and 01 April 2022. The study included a total of 410 young women with chronic diseases who were hospitalized in the internal medicine clinics of a university hospital or presented to the internal medicine clinics for examination. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC–SF), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), and the Family Planning Attitude Scale (FPAS).
Results: It was found that 20.2% (n=83) of the young women with chronic diseases had scores below the FPAS (135.5±22.1) cut-off point (<119). Women with a poor mental health, those using maladaptive cognitive coping strategies (self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, other-blame), and those using compatible cognitive coping strategies less (acceptance, refocusing on planning, positive refocusing, positive reappraisal, and putting into perspective) had a negative family planning attitude (p< .05). In addition, the followings were found to be important associated risk factors for family planning attitude: poor mental health, self-blame (CERQ sub-dimension), use of maladaptive cognitive coping strategy, and decreased use of adaptive positive refocusing (CERQ sub-dimension) (p< .05).
Conclusion: It was determined that young women with chronic illness with a poor mental health, who use adaptive cognitive coping strategies less, and who use maladaptive cognitive coping strategies more have negative family planning attitudes.

Keywords

Young women, chronic disease, mental health, cognitive psychology, family planing

Supporting Institution

No specific grant was received from funding agencies in the public, commercial or non-profit sectors.

Project Number

Non

Thanks

I would like to thank all the participants for being a part of this study.

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