Infantile Colic in a Psychodynamic and Nursing Perspective

Wikander, Birgitta; Wahlberg, Vivian

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6712.1987.tb00610.x

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“…Parental colic is characterised through the parents' crying, fatigue, guilt, anger, depression and frustration. Similar feelings and reactions in the parents are described in other studies on infant colic (6,25).…”

Section: Parental Affectionsupporting

confidence: 72%

“…It seems to be well supported in the literature that infant colic and infant crying lead to emotional arousal and stress in the parents (6,(23)(24)(25). But the extent ofthis arousal varies.…”

Section: Infant Colic Affective State Ofthe Parents and Parental Selmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…The support for this varies. Some studies find no correlation (3,6,18), and others find a correlation (2,8,22)…”

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“…A synthesis of Theory synthesis includes three or four months it usually disapthe colicky babies (9). Asa result theliterature on infant colic and basic steps (1): 1. specifying focal pears, suddenly and unexplained ofthis the colicky baby might get parentalselfefficacy indicates concepts for the theory, 2. re- (3)(4)(5)(6). The term evening colic spasms ofthe bowel and pain.…”

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Infant Colic and Parental Self-Efficacy — Developing a Theoretical Model

Helseth

1995

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research

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IntroductionDuring the attack the infant is causes pain and makes the infant inconsolable, the face flushes, he cry. There is no evidence to this AB.mucT Nurses working with infants and clenches his fists and draws his cause, but it is my notion that their parents are often confronlegs up against the stomach (3,4). this is the most widely accepted This articleshows theprocess of ted with the problem of infant There seems to be different lecause, and that the guidance of developing a theoretical model on colic. There is little research on vels ofcolic, from infants with the parents and the treatment of infant colic and parentalself infant colic, and yet there is no severe, long lasting screaming colic often relates to this cause. efficacy. The aim ofdeveloping effective treatment. The need for attacks, to infants who are fussy Dimetikon, a medicine given thismodel isto increase theunder-developing new knowledge is ur-and irritable part of the day (3). to prevent problems ofgas, has standingof infant colic, and de-gent. The main symptom ofcolic It should be noted that other shown no documented effect on velop a basisforfurther research in inconsolable crying, and casymptoms, such as pain, accuinfant colic (8). Still this is widely on thetopic. Thestrategy oftheory ring for the child is very frustrat-mulation ofgas in the bowel, are used in the treatment ofcolic. synthesis described by Walker and ing to the parents. This article not agreed upon in the literaSpasms ofthe bowel has been Avant isused. Parentalselfeffi-focuses on how infant colic afture, and thus infant colic is destudied as a cause ofthe procacy isviewed through theframe-fects the parents and how the pa-fined only through the infant's blem, and there are some finlVork ofAlbert Bandura'sself-rents' reactions affect the care amount ofcrying. dings that support this theory.efficacy theory. In themodel in-of the infant and the amount of The phenomena has been de-The infants with colic seem to fant colic affects parentalself-infant crying. The article shows scribed as "three months colic" have a higher amount ofthe herefficacy through performance the process ofdeveloping a theo-or "evening colic" (3). The onmone motilin. Motilin affects the accomplishments, vicarious ex-retical model. The strategy of set ofcolic is in the infant's seintestinal peristaltic, and might perience, verbal persuasion and theory synthesis is used (1).cond or third week, and at three cause an increased peristaltic in emotional arousal. A synthesis of Theory synthesis includes three or four months it usually disapthe colicky babies (9). Asa result theliterature on infant colic and basic steps (1): 1. specifying focal pears, suddenly and unexplained ofthis the colicky baby might get parentalselfefficacy indicates concepts for the theory, 2. re-(3-6). The term evening colic spasms ofthe bowel and pain.how infant colic affects parental viewing the literature to identify indicates that the crying episodesThe relathionship between selfefficacy. There isfound some factors related to the fo...

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Section: Parental Affectionsupporting

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Section: Infant Colic Affective State Ofthe Parents and Parental Selmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…The support for this varies. Some studies find no correlation (3,6,18), and others find a correlation (2,8,22)…”

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Infant Colic and Parental Self-Efficacy — Developing a Theoretical Model

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1995

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“…The parents reactions have been characterized as 'parental colic', a condition where the parents show fatigue, anger, depression, guilt and frustration (Thompson et al 1986). There is some evidence available that infant colic will affect the attachment process (Wikander & Wahlberg 1987, Keefe et al 1996, Helseth 1999. For example, Wikander and Wahlberg (1987) showed that the mothers of colicky infants smiled and laughed less with their infants during meals than did the mothers of noncolicky infants.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%