TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting an infant with a congenital anomaly
T2 - how are perceived burden and perceived personal benefits related to parenting stress?
AU - Fonseca, Ana
AU - Nazaré, Bárbara
AU - Canavarro, Maria Cristina
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is part of the “Reproductive decisions and transition to parenthood after a pre- or postnatal diagnosis of congenital anomaly” research project, integrated in the Relationships, Development & Health Research Group of the R&D Unit Cognitive-Behavioral Center for Research and Intervention (CINEICC) of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra (PEst-OE/PSI/UI0730/2014). Ana Fonseca and Bárbara Nazaré were supported by Ph.D. Scholarships from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/47053/2008, SFRH/BD/43204/2008, respectively). The authors wish to thank the services that enabled the sample collection: Pediatric Cardiology Service of the Pediatric Hospital – Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra (parents of babies with congenital heart disease) and the Obstetrics and Neonatology Departments - Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (the remaining participants).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/2/21
Y1 - 2015/2/21
N2 - This study aimed to characterize parents’ negative (perceived burden) and positive (perceived personal benefits) perceptions about parenting an infant with a congenital anomaly (CA), and to investigate their role in parenting stress. Forty-three couples (43 mothers and 36 fathers) whose 6-month-old infants had a CA completed several questionnaires: the Impact on Family Scale-Revised, the Positive Contributions Scale, and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form. The results showed similarities between maternal and paternal perceptions. For mothers, higher levels of burden and lower levels of personal benefits were found to predict higher levels of parenting stress. For fathers, greater burden was associated with higher levels of parenting stress. Some dimensions of personal benefits moderated the relationship between burden and parenting stress, for both genders. Specific strategies targeting negative and positive perceptions should be considered when developing psychological interventions to promote the family’s adaptation to the experience of parenting an infant with a CA.
AB - This study aimed to characterize parents’ negative (perceived burden) and positive (perceived personal benefits) perceptions about parenting an infant with a congenital anomaly (CA), and to investigate their role in parenting stress. Forty-three couples (43 mothers and 36 fathers) whose 6-month-old infants had a CA completed several questionnaires: the Impact on Family Scale-Revised, the Positive Contributions Scale, and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form. The results showed similarities between maternal and paternal perceptions. For mothers, higher levels of burden and lower levels of personal benefits were found to predict higher levels of parenting stress. For fathers, greater burden was associated with higher levels of parenting stress. Some dimensions of personal benefits moderated the relationship between burden and parenting stress, for both genders. Specific strategies targeting negative and positive perceptions should be considered when developing psychological interventions to promote the family’s adaptation to the experience of parenting an infant with a CA.
KW - Parenting stress
KW - Parents of infants with a congenital anomaly
KW - Perceived burden
KW - Perceived personal benefits
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U2 - 10.1007/s10880-015-9418-7
DO - 10.1007/s10880-015-9418-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 25614325
AN - SCOPUS:84925465502
SN - 1068-9583
VL - 22
SP - 64
EP - 76
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
IS - 1
ER -