Adolescent mothers' perceptions of new born infants and the mothers' use of coping behaviors: a descriptive study.
A convenience sample of seventeen primagravidas aged fourteen to eighteen years was studied to determine participants' perceptions of the newborn as well as their use of coping behaviors. A test-retest design was used. Subjects completed the Neonatal Perception Inventory I ( NPI I) and Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences (A-COPE) at one to three days postpartum, and the Neonatal Perception Inventory II ( NPI II) and Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences were administered one month post delivery. The Sign Test revealed no significant differences between NPI I and NPI II scores. However, the Sign Test showed a significant difference in the coping behaviors used by subjects which required them to engage in demanding activities, such as working harder at school work, at the one-month postpartum retest (p = .002). Pearson's correlation showed no association between teenaged primagravidas' perceptions of the newborn and their use of coping behaviors.[1]References
- Adolescent mothers' perceptions of new born infants and the mothers' use of coping behaviors: a descriptive study. Hutchinson, S.W. Journal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA. (1990) [Pubmed]
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