Whereas child maltreatment research has developed considerable evidence on post-natal risk-factors, pre-natal circumstances have been largely overlooked. The circumstances surrounding a pregnancy may considerably impact the environment in which later parenting behaviors occur. This study examines one of the earliest potentially identifiable risk-factors for child maltreatment: the intentions of...

BACKGROUND The literature review reveals general information about a good midwife from a range of perspectives and what childbearing women generally value in a midwife, but there is a lack of information around mothers’ perspectives of what makes a good midwife specifically during labour and birth, and even less in the context of different places of birth. AIM To conceptualise first-time mother...

Abstract Date Presented 03/31/2022 This phenomenological study examined the relationships between four mothers and their children with autism after starting expressive writing. Researchers identified following themes: understanding strengthens mother-child relationship, recognizing greater insight into child, quality of life through improved expression, changes in mothers’ perspectives on child...

The aims of this study were to examine and compare the development of parenting cognitions and principles in mothers following preterm and term deliveries. Parenting cognitions about child development, including thinking that is restricted to single causes and single outcomes (categorical thinking) and thinking that takes into account multiple perspectives (perspectivist thinking), have been sh...

This review brings together for the first time the existing quantitative and qualitative research evidence about the experiences of parents caring for a child with a cleft. It summarizes salient themes on the emotional, social and service-related experiences of parents and critiques the literature to date, comparing it with wider, selected literature from the field of children's long-term condi...

Perspectives of parents themselves should be central in framing services delivered to families experiencing homelessness. We explored the strengths and positive features mother–child relationships insight into mothers' views impact living shelters. conducted qualitative coding Five-Minute Speech Sample (FMSS) 41 mothers young children. Results revealed a wide variety strategies that used promot...