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Mothers' Parenting Experience of Premature Infants: Q Methodological Approach
Mi-Young Chon, Eun Sun Ji, Shin-Hwa Lee
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2013;43(6):704-713.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.6.704
Published online: December 31, 2013

Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Shin-Hwa. Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, 268 Chungwon-daero, Chungju 380-701, Korea. Tel: +82-2-450-3033, Fax: +82-2-450-4063, ssinna99@kku.ac.kr
• Received: July 26, 2013   • Accepted: October 18, 2013

© 2013 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was done to identify the parenting experience of mothers of premature infants in order to provide basic data for educational solutions and desirable directions.
  • Methods
    Q-methodology was used as it provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item. The participants were 33 mothers of premature infants who sorted 34 selected Q-statements which were then classified into the shape of a normal distribution using a 9-point scale. Subjectivity on parenting experience among the mothers was analyzed using the pc-QUANAL program.
  • Results
    Four types of parenting experience were identified. Type I was named 'struggling', type II, 'self blame', type III, 'information collecting', and type IV, 'self-introspection'.
  • Conclusion
    The results of this study indicate that different approaches to educational programs are needed for mothers of premature infants based on the four types of parenting experience.
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Table 1
Q statements on Parenting Experience and Z Scores (N=33)
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Table 2
Eigen Value, Variance, and Cumulative Percentage
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Table 3
Correlation Matrix between Types
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Table 4
Demographic Characteristics and Factor Weight for P-sample (N=33)
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      Q statements on Parenting Experience and Z Scores (N=33)

      Eigen Value, Variance, and Cumulative Percentage

      Correlation Matrix between Types

      Demographic Characteristics and Factor Weight for P-sample (N=33)

      Table 1 Q statements on Parenting Experience and Z Scores (N=33)

      Table 2 Eigen Value, Variance, and Cumulative Percentage

      Table 3 Correlation Matrix between Types

      Table 4 Demographic Characteristics and Factor Weight for P-sample (N=33)


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