Title

Internal working models of parenting: Motivations of parents of infants with a congenital heart defect

Document Type

Article

Peer Reviewed

1

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Journal/Book/Conference Title

ANS.Advances in nursing science

Volume

33

NLM Title Abbreviation

Ans Adv Nurs Sci

PubMed ID

21068545

Abstract

Drawing on attachment-caregiving theory, we interviewed parents of 24 infants with a complex congenital heart defect (CCHD) about parenting motivations through the first year. Using directed content analysis, 8 categories of motivations, focused either on the baby, the parent-infant relationship, family, self, or tasks were identified at 1, 4 or 6, and 12 months. A matrix of motivations by parent showed family and infant age variations. Motivations illustrated for 5 parents at 1 month suggest that specification of expectations and intentions and clustering of motivations mentioned by a parent would advance study of linkages of parenting internal working models with parenting action.



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URL

http://ir.uiowa.edu/nursing_pubs/162