Correlation study between quality of spousal intimacy and role adaptation of neonatals' fathers

Objective To explore the current status of spousal intimacy and role adaptation of neonatals' fathers and to investigate the correlation between their spousal intimacy and role adaptation. Methods Totally 472 fathers of neonatals born in Yinzhou People's Hospital between January and May 2018 were selected by convenient sampling and investigated with Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and Father's Role Adaptation Scale (FRAS) . The correlation between the two was analyzed. Results The spousal intimacy score of the 472 fathers of neonatals was (119.34±16.52) , and 30.93% of them showed bad spousal intimacy. Their role adaptation score was (75.80±9.03) . Pearson correlation analysis showed that spousal intimacy and role adaptation of neonatals' fathers were positively correlated with each other (r=0.307, P<0.05) . Conclusions Fathers' role adaptation process is full of pressure, and good spousal relationship helps to improve the role adaptation levels of neonatals' fathers. Key words: Infants, neonatal; Father; Role adaptation; Intimacy