Mothers' Parenting Experience of Premature Infants: Q Methodological Approach.
10.4040/jkan.2013.43.6.704
- Author:
Mi Young CHON
1
;
Eun Sun JI
;
Shin Hwa LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea. ssinna99@kku.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Premature infant;
Parenting experience
- MeSH:
Adult;
Demography;
Female;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
*Infant, Premature;
Interviews as Topic;
Mothers/*psychology;
*Parenting;
Q-Sort;
Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2013;43(6):704-713
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.