Motivations and Features of Co-Parenting an Infant With Complex Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: This study described co-parenting motivations and quality of co-parenting features for parents of infants with complex congenital heart disease (CCHD), including differences over time by illness severity. Existing transcripts of parenting experience at infant age 1 and 12 months for 23 parent couples were analyzed using directed content analysis. Data were quantitized for additional description. Six co-parenting motivations and five co-parenting features were identified. Two co-parenting motivations had not been previously described: Developing the Co-Parenting Relationship and Maintaining the Couple Relationship. Variability in quality of co-parenting features was evident. However, the majority of parents showed high ratings. Motivations and quality of co-parenting features changed over t

SUBMITTER: Pridham K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6381826 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature