A qualitative study on expectant and new parents' perceptions of Interplay, a digital support tool for parents' couple relationship and parenting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental transition means a change in the parents' couple relationship as the baby becomes the focus, thereby affecting the parents' communication and intimacy. Such a transition may either strengthen or strain the relationship. As becoming parents poses new challenges to the parental couple, the objective of this Swedish study was to explore how parents perceive Interplay, a digital support tool for their couple relationship and parenting.

Methods

Swedish expectant and new parents were offered the digital support tool 'Interplay' (in Swedish: Samspel), which they played mutually with their partner for minimum two weeks. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 expectant and 10 new parents, and the data were analysed using the phenomenographic method.

SUBMITTER: Holst A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12667086 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature