The relationship of adverse childhood experiences of pregnant women with healthy lifestyle behaviours and birth attitudes: A cross-sectional study

Esra Cevik; Pelin Palas Karaca

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341601

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The relationship of adverse childhood experiences of pregnant women with healthy lifestyle behaviours and birth attitudes: A cross-sectional study

Esra Cevik ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: esra.cevik@balikesir.edu.tr

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Assistant Professor, Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2798-9202

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Pelin Palas Karaca

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Assistant Professor, Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey
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The relationship of adverse childhood experiences of pregnant women with healthy lifestyle behaviours and birth attitudes: A cross-sectional study

Esra Cevik,
Pelin Palas Karaca

Published: February 5, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341601

About the Authors

Esra Cevik

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: esra.cevik@balikesir.edu.tr

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Assistant Professor, Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2798-9202

Pelin Palas Karaca

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Assistant Professor, Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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