Maternal impacts of a physically disabled baby birth: A comparative study
Diego Rodrigues Silva,
Luiza Amaral Trindade,
Rogério Lerner
Abstract:Objective This study aims to assess the emotional impacts of the baby’s physical disability on the mother. Method It is an exploratory investigation carried on with two mother-infant dyads, only one of which gave birth to a physically disabled baby, both participating in a larger case-control investigation. The tools used included the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories, the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, the Ages and Stages Questionnaire as well as semi-structured interviews. Results Bot… Show more
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