A Study on Determining Stress and Subjective Well-Being Levels in Pregnant Women: Kocaeli Example

Abstract

Psychological conditions of pregnant women affect the pregnancy process either negatively or positively. It is known that emotional conditions of mother candidates are important during pregnancy. Becoming a mother has various social, physical, and psychological impacts on the lives of women. Women are perceived as mothers at the very beginning of pregnancy. This situation changes the identity of women. Pregnancy is a process of evolutionary crisis for women since birth is one of the most important experiences for women, and an important turning point. Positive feelings rather that negative ones are a sign of subjective well-being. Excessive negative feelings will harm subjective well-being in this sense. Low subjective well-being might create stress. Hence, our research is based on the relation of subjective well-being and stress levels