Parenting Experience of Prematurity Parents Based on Grounded Theory

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the parenting experience of prematurity parents in home. Methods: The participants were 12 parents of preterm children who were identified through theoretical sampling. In-depth interviews were conducted for the data collection. For data analysis, grounded theory was used according to the process suggested by Corbin and Strauss. Results: The parenting experience was characterized by the phenomena "intangible anxiety" and "finding hope with child." Causal conditions were "unpredictability of the child's health" and "guilt over the preterm birth." Contextual conditions were "social prejudices" and "incomplete parenting support system." Intervening conditions were "spousal conflicts" and "active search for information." Action/interaction strategies were "hiding of preterm birth," "dependency of online community," "effort to understand spouse" and "Wai ting with mind control." The consequences were "rewarding of parenting" and "growth of the couple' s intimacy." The core category was "waiting with controlling uncertainty." Conclusion: The results can contribute to promoting understanding of the parenting experience of prematurity parents and to developing a social support for this type of parents.

Parenting experiences of mothers of moderate-to-late preterm children in South Korea: a qualitative study

“…As such, a system should be established in South Korea to support the mothers of premature infants with parenting. The lack of a support system for raising preterm infants has been described in other qualitative studies in South Korea [9] in which the participants identified a lack of a support system di-…”

“…The participants in this study were highly concerned and anxious about the possibility of their preterm children catching infectious diseases easily due to their low immunity and susceptibility to infection and feared they would lag behind other children due to the high risk of growth and developmental delays. A previous qualitative study also found that parents of premature infants admitted to the NICU experienced complex, negative psycho-emotional states while taking care of their children due to feelings of guilt about premature birth and vague anxiety about the possibility of their children experiencing delayed growth and development or catching infectious diseases [ 9 ]. This previous study [ 9 ] was based on in-depth interviews with the parents of 12 children who were born early preterm, at an average gestational age of 29 weeks and 3 days (±2.9).…”

“…They may feel nervous about exposure to infectious diseases for their vulnerable children and are more likely to take their children to the emergency room even for minor symptoms. In other words, they experience the process of becoming a parent in a complex, negative psycho-emotional state [ 9 ]. Mothers of premature children have difficulty receiving practical childcare help because there are few parents and caregivers with experience raising premature infants and medical personnel who can empathize with their hardship and negative emotions.…”

“…However, qualitative studies on the parenting experiences of mothers of premature infants have mainly focused on mothers of early preterm infants with high clinical severity [ 10 , 15 ] or mothers of MLPT infants who were in early life after birth [ 16 ]. In South Korea, most studies have included mothers of premature infants regardless of infant's gestational period [ 9 , 12 ], and no qualitative studies have examined the experiences of mothers of MLPT infants. Therefore, this study aimed to explore in-depth the parenting experiences of mothers with young MLPT children in South Korea, to understand the meaning of those experiences, and to describe that meaning using qualitative content analysis.…”

Parenting Stress in Preterm and Full-term Infant Mothers by Their Children’s Developmental Stages

“…이렇듯 양육 스트레스는 부모의 정신 건강, 자녀와의 관계 형성, 그리고 양육의 질에도 부정적 영향을 미치고 (Lee, 2017;Morisod-Harari et al, 2013), 나아 가 아동학대와 방임까지도 이어질 수도 있다 (Park, 2002). 미숙아 부모는 자신의 자녀를 만삭아와는 다른 특별한 아 이로 인식하면서, 불안, 갈등, 고단함 등을 경험하기도 한다 (Kim, 2019). 그러나 일부 선행연구에서는 미숙아와 만삭 아 어머니의 양육 스트레스 정도에 차이가 없다는 결과를 보고하기도 하여 (Gray et al, 2012;Howe et al, 2014) (Gray et al, 2018), 양육 스트레스의 종단 연구도 영아기와 유아기에 걸쳐 시행되었다 (Gray et al, 2018;Spinelli et al, 2013 (Park, 2005), 출생 순위 (Lee, 2003), 가구 소득 (Ok & Chun, 2012;Park, 2005), 부모 학력 (Kim & Song, 2007) (Fig.…”