Prenatal concerns for learning infant care studied.
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V J Bliss-Holtz
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Primiparas' prenatal concern for learning infant care.
The purpose of this study was to determine if there are differences in pregnant women's desire to learn infant care during the antepartal period. Desire to learn infant care was defined as (a) learning about practical aspects of infant care and (b) expressing the desire to become a caring mother. One hundred eighty-nine primiparous women were interviewed using an open-ended interview schedule. Responses were audiotaped and transcribed prior to data analysis. Each subject's interview transcript was categorized according to content related to desire to learn infant care and converted to a proportion that reflected the amount of desire to learn infant care as compared to the amount of total concern the subject addressed. The proportion scores representing three stages of the antepartal period were compared for statistical differences. Significant differences were found for overall desire to learn infant care and for the desire to learn infant care skills among the three stages of the antepartal period. No significant differences were found for desire to become caring mother. Effects of socioeconomic status, previous early terminated pregnancy, and child care experience were explored.
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Spouses' body image changes during and after pregnancy: a replication and extension.
This longitudinal study replicated and extended an investigation of the relation between spouses' strength of identification and similarities in their patterns of change in body image components during and after pregnancy. The sample included 54 married couples. The results did not duplicate previous study findings of similarity in spouses' patterns of change in perceived body space. There were statistically significant changes in wives' perceived body space scores from the third month of pregnancy to the second postpartal month, but no changes in the husbands' perceived body space scores. Results upheld previous study findings of no relationship between spouses' strength of identification and similarities in their patterns of change in perceived body space. No changes were detected in either wives' or husbands' global body attitude scores, nor was there evidence of a relationship between spouses' strength of identification and similarity in their patterns of change in global body attitude.
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