The link between the quality of a partnership relationship and the sense of competence to perform parental role among pregnant couples and the mediating role of mood

Postati starš oziroma razširitev družine z vstopom novega otroka predstavlja pomemben življenjski dogodek, ki ne vključuje le nosečnice, temveč tudi partnerja in preostalo družino, v kolikor jo le ta ima. Zelo veliko vlogo pa v tem času igra tudi odnos med partnerjema, saj ravno kvaliteta odnosa v veliki meri določa občutek pripravljenosti na starševstvo ter vpliva na posameznikovo blagostanje. Namen magistrskega dela je bil raziskati povezavo med kakovostjo partnerskega odnosa ter občutkom kompetentnosti med pari v času nosečnosti ter obenem tudi vloga razpoloženja v omenjenem odnosu. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 172 udeležencev, od tega 138 žensk (80,2 %) in 34 moških (19,8 %), starih med 19 in 40 let. Povprečna starost udeležencev je znašala 27,98 let. V povprečju so bile udeleženke oziroma partnerke udeležencev v 6. mesecu nosečnosti, za kar 72,1 % pa je bila to prva nosečnost. Rezultati so pokazali, da med kakovostjo partnerskega odnosa ter občutkom starševske kompetentnosti obstaja zmerna pozitivna povezava ter da je kakovost odnosa pozitiven napovednik občutka starševske kompetentnosti. V sklopu preverjanja mediatorskega vpliva razpoloženja na odnos med kakovostjo odnosa ter občutkom starševske kompetentnosti smo ugotovili, da razpoloženje v tem primeru ni mediator med omenjenim odnosom niti moderator omenjenega odnosa. Na podlagi rezultatov multiple regresije smo ugotovili, da posamezniki kakovost partnerskega odnosa zaznavajo kot napovedovalca depresivnih občutkov ter subjektivnega blagostanja, prav tako pa subjektivno blagostanje zaznavajo kot pomembno pri napovedovanju občutka starševske kompetentnosti v času nosečnosti. Dodatno so rezultati pokazali, da se nosečnice v primerjavi z moškimi počutijo bolj kompetentne za opravljanje starševske vloge, da moški partnerski odnos doživljajo bolj kvaliteten v primerjavi z ženskami ter, kar je skladno s pričakovanji, da ženske doživljajo več depresivnih občutenj kot moški. Pomembna je tudi ugotovitev, ki nakazuje na razlike v sicer dobrem sprejemanju nosečnosti in sicer, da prihaja do razlik v kakovosti partnerskega odnosa med dobrim in zelo dobrim sprejemanjem nosečnosti ter, da so lahko depresivni občutki pomemben dejavnik tveganja za nosečnice ter njihove partnerje.Becoming a parent or enlarging family with a new child represents important life event that does not involve just the pregnant woman but as well her partner and the rest of the family if she has one. A very important role is played by the relationship between the partners. The quality of the relationship largely determines the sense of readiness for parenting and affects the individual\u27s well-being. The purpose of master\u27s thesis was to study the connection between the quality of relationship between partners and the sense of competence among pregnant couples and at the sime time the role of mood in this relationship. The sample included 172 individuals in partnership who are expecting a child. 80,2 % participants were female and 19,8 % of them were male aged between 19-40 years. The average age of the participants was 27,98 years. On average, participants participated in the 6th month of pregnancy, with 72,1 % being the first pregnancy. The results showed that there is a moderate positive link between the quality of partnership relatonship and the feeling of parental competence. It has also shown that the quality of the relationship is a positive predictor of the parental competence sense. As part of the verification of the mediator influence of mood on relationship between the quality of the relationship and the feeling of parental competence, we found that the mood in this case is neither a mediator in the relationship nor a moderator as seen from the results. Based on the results of multiple regression it has been shown that individuals percieve that quality of the relationship as a predictor of depressive feelings and subjective well-being as important in predicting the sense of parental competence during pregnancy. The results showed as well that the pregnant women in comparion to men feel more competent for parental role, that they experience partnership relationship as less quality in comparison to men, and which is in line with expectations that women experience more depressive feeling in comparison to men. An important findings are also, that differences in the good acceptance of pregnancy occur in the quality of the relationship between good and very good accaptance of pregnancy, and the potencial incidence of depressive feelings can be an important risk factor among the population of mainly pregnant women as well as their partners