TY - JOUR TI - The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma, Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Marital Satisfaction in Pregnant Adolescents AB - Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between childhood trauma, emotion regulation difficulties and maritalsatisfaction in pregnant adolescents. Methods: The model of this study, which is planned as quantitative research, is a relational screeningmodel that aims to determine the presence of change between two or more variables. The universe of the study consisted of pregnantadolescents. The sample of the study consisted of pregnant adolescents (n: 350) who are citizens of The Republic of Turkey and applied toKonya Dr. Faruk Sükan Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics between April 2016-2017. The following forms and scales were used in thestudy: "Personal Demographic Information Form" developed by the researcher, "Childhood Trauma Scale (CTQ-28)" to determine childhoodtrauma scores of pregnant adolescents, " Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)" to determine emotion regulation difficultiesscores and “Marriage Life Scale” to determine marital satisfaction scores. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS 23.0 program. Results:The average age of pregnant adolescents was 17.2 ± 1, the marriage age was 16.7 ± 1 and the age at first pregnancy was 17.9 ± 2.0. It hasbeen found that there is a strong positive relationship between childhood traumas and emotion regulation difficulties in pregnant adolescents.In addition, it has also been concluded that childhood traumas in pregnant adolescents statistically and significantly explains emotionalregulation difficulties at a level of 44% and marital satisfaction at a level of 53%. Conclusion: It can be concluded that as the neglect andabuse experienced during childhood increases, the emotion regulation difficulties increases and marital satisfaction decreases. AU - TEKİN, Hasan H. AU - KARAKUŞ, Özlem DO - 10.21763/tjfmpc.519969 PY - 2019 JO - Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care VL - 13 IS - 4 SN - 1307-2048 SP - 500 EP - 507 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/341999 ER -