Social Support Following Perinatal Loss

Overview

Journal J Fam Nurs

Publisher Sage Publications

Date 2007 Apr 12

PMID 17426820

Citations 6

Authors

Karen Kavanaugh

Darcie Trier

Michelle Korzec

Affiliations

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Abstract

The purpose of this project was to examine parents' descriptions of the ways family and friends supported them after they had experienced a perinatal loss. For this project, a secondary analysis of data from two phenomenological studies on perinatal loss was performed. A combined total of 62 interview transcripts from 22 mothers and 9 fathers were examined. Data analysis included identifying all statements in the interview transcripts that pertained to the ways that family and friends supported parents. The modes of supportive behavior (emotional, advice/feedback, practical, financial, and socializing) in Vaux's theory of social support served as a useful framework for presenting the findings. Parents received emotional support most frequently. Findings from the current study provide data for health care professionals to use to provide guidance to family and friends of bereaved parents.

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