Mothers' Parenting Experience of Premature Infants: Q Methodological Approach
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
;
: 704-713, 2013.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-57106
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to identify the parenting experience of mothers of premature infants in order to provide basic data for educational solutions and desirable directions.METHODS:
Q-methodology was used as it provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item. The participants were 33 mothers of premature infants who sorted 34 selected Q-statements which were then classified into the shape of a normal distribution using a 9-point scale. Subjectivity on parenting experience among the mothers was analyzed using the pc-QUANAL program.RESULTS:
Four types of parenting experience were identified. Type I was named 'struggling', type II, 'self blame', type III, 'information collecting', and type IV, 'self-introspection'.CONCLUSION:
The results of this study indicate that different approaches to educational programs are needed for mothers of premature infants based on the four types of parenting experience.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Q-Sort
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Infant, Premature
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Demography
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Interviews as Topic
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Parenting
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Mothers
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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