Social support, coping strategies, husband and wife interaction, marital quality in families with unwanted pregnancies

Background: Unintended pregnancy is one of the potentials that can cause serious problems for the quality of marriage for a family. This study aims to analyze the effect of social support, coping strategies, and husband and wife interactions on the quality of marriage in families with unwanted pregnancies. The design of this study used a cross-sectional study. Methods: The study was conducted in Bekasi City and Bekasi Regency, West Java, which were selected purposively based on the high number of unwanted pregnancies in both areas. Data from the questionnaire was used to examine the predictors of marital quality using descriptive and structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis methods Results: The results showed that social support can have indirect (β = 0.777) a significant positive effect on husband and wife interactions and a direct (β = 0.336) on marital quality, and coping strategies (β = 0.151) had a significant positive effect on husband and wife interactions and (β = 0.556) marital quality in a family. Conclusions: The findings show that various socio-cultural factors such as social support, coping strategies, husband and wife interaction and marital quality influence unwanted pregnancies. To improve the quality of marriage, families with unwanted pregnancies need to get stronger social support and implement appropriate coping strategies and strengthen the intensity of interaction between husband and wife.