Abstract:
To examine the effects of the perceived self-efficacy promoting program emphasizing husband support on maternal role adaptation of teenage primigravidas. Self-efficacy theory (Bandura,1997) and social support theory (House,1981) were utilized to develop the intervention. The sample consisted of 30 teenage primigravidas. The first 15 subjects were assigned to a control group and the later 15 subjects were assigned to an experimental group. Participants were matched by age, readiness for having children and childrearing experience. The control group received routine nursing care and the experimental group received the perceived self-efficacy promoting program emphasizing husband support. The intervention, developed by the researcher, was the perceived self-efficacy promoting program emphasizing husband support. It included lesson plans, flip charts and a handbook. The intervention was reviewed for content validity by a panel of experts. Data were collected using the maternal role adaptation questionnaire. It demonstrated acceptable reliability with Cronbach's alpha of .90. Data were analyzed using descriptive and t-test statistics. Major findings were as follows 1. The mean score of maternal role adaptation of teenage primigravidas in the experimental group after receiving the perceived self-efficacy promoting program emphasizing husband support was significantly higher than before receiving the program (p < .01). 2. The mean score of maternal role adaptation of teenage primigravidas in the experimental group after receiving the perceived self-efficacy promoting program emphasizing husband support was significantly higher than that of the control group (p < .01)