Network Structure, Social Support, and Psychological Outcomes of Pregnancy

Cronenwett, Linda R.

doi:10.1097/00006199-198503000-00009

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“…Adequate social support positively assists an individual in coping with stressful events (McHaffie, 1992). Social support can be classified into four types (Cronenwett, 1985;Cutrona and Russell, 1990): (1) instrumental support is also known as material support involving the provision of goods or services such as home help and financial contributions; (2) emotional support consists of love, encouragement, expressions of caring, and trust. Another form of emotional support is through religion (e.g.…”

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Stress experiences of parents with premature infants in a special care nursery

Lau

Morse

2003

Stress and Health

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This project is a controlled prospective longitudinal study of stress experiences of parents with premature infants born from 30-35 weeks gestation being cared for in a tertiary special care nursery (SCN). Sixty mothers and 59 fathers of premature infants and 60 mothers and fathers of term infants were recruited into the study. A range of repeated selfreports and biochemical markers of stress (cortisol and tribulin) were carried out on 5 measuring times through approximately a total of 24 weeks for parents of premature infants and 17 weeks for parents of term infants.Parents of premature infants reported higher stress levels than parents of term infants within the first week of infant's birth but had lower biochemical markers of stress. The stressors perceived by these parents in a SCN were appearance and behaviour of the infants and the delayed in performing the parental role. Parents used both emotion-and problemfocused coping strategies to deal with the stressful events.A follow-up telephone interview of these parents a year after the birth of their premature infant found that most parents expressed the experience as positive. A few parents were concerned over the neurodevelopmental and cognitive outcomes of their infants. Implications for clinical practice were discussed.

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Stress experiences of parents with premature infants in a special care nursery

Lau

Morse

2003

Stress and Health

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“…Le soutien serait également associé à des taux plus faibles de complications de grossesse (Hickey et al, 1995 ;Norbeck et al, 1983 ;Nuckolls et al, 1972). Aussi, le soutien social et l'étendue du réseau seraient déterminants dans le développe-ment de l'attachement prénatal (Koniack-Griffin, 1988) ainsi que dans l'adaptation et la satisfaction envers les tâches parentales (Cronenwett, 1985). En plus, le soutien faciliterait l'adoption de comportements de santé et favoriserait des soins prénataux adéquats (Aaranson, 1989;Giblin et al, 1990).…”

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Le soutien social de l’intervenante tel que perçu par les participantes d’un programme de prévention en périnatalité en milieu d’extrême pauvreté

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Trempe-Masson²,

Gastaldo³

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“…A study by Cronenwett (1985a) of primiparous mothers failed to demonstrate the significance of appraisal support from parents, friends, and relatives at the mother's 6-week postpartum evaluation for the parenting role. However, at 5 months postpartum 36% of these mothers reported the need for appraisal support had ''increased a lot'' (Cronenwett, 1985b).…”

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“…However, appropriate levels of emotional and instrumental support given to mothers during the early postpartum period to meet physical, child care, and emotional needs was found to be related to less depression, anxiety, anger, and fatigue at 5-6 weeks postpartum (Gottlieb & Mendelson, 1995) and increased well-being throughout the year following birth (Levy-Shiff et al, 1998). Greater levels of emotional support available to primiparous mothers at 6 weeks postpartum were related to higher confidence in parenting (Cronenwett, 1985a). Further, having emotional support from one's spouse was related to positive mood in mothers at 3 months postpartum (Levitt, Weber, & Clark, 1986).…”

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“…Consistent with House's (1981) definition of appraisal support, Cronenwett (1985a) defined appraisal support as occurring when another person who is in the same situation or has similar experiences that can be shared helps a person learn about oneself. A study by Cronenwett (1985a) of primiparous mothers failed to demonstrate the significance of appraisal support from parents, friends, and relatives at the mother's 6-week postpartum evaluation for the parenting role.…”

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Adaptation of the postpartum support questionnaire for mothers with multiple sclerosis

Gulick

2003

Research in Nursing & Health

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The purposes of this study were to determine the dimensionality of the Postpartum Support Questionnaire adapted for mothers with multiple sclerosis through factor-analytic techniques and to provide construct validity for the factored dimensions. One hundred and seventy-four mothers with multiple sclerosis comprised the sample. Using a priori criteria, a threefactor structure, resulting from principal components analysis with an orthogonal rotation consisting of 24 of the 28 items, was found to best represent the dimensionality of the instrument. The three support factors-emotional, instrumental, and informational-showed acceptable coefficient alpha reliabilities at the 1-, 3-, and 6-month administrations. Evidence of construct validity was shown in that, as hypothesized, (a) mothers with comparatively lower emotional distress reported higher levels of emotional and instrumental support, and (b) mothers with one child reported receiving more informational support during the 6-month postpartum period than did mothers with more than one child. The results support the use of the 24-item Postpartum Support Questionnaire in assessing the adequacy of these specific dimensions of social support needed by mothers with multiple sclerosis during the postpartum period. ß

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Network Structure, Social Support, and Psychological Outcomes of Pregnancy

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Stress experiences of parents with premature infants in a special care nursery

Stress experiences of parents with premature infants in a special care nursery

Le soutien social de l’intervenante tel que perçu par les participantes d’un programme de prévention en périnatalité en milieu d’extrême pauvreté

Adaptation of the postpartum support questionnaire for mothers with multiple sclerosis

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