Abstract
Psychological features of mothers who have given birth to premature babies present one of the most complex and insufficiently explored areas of modern perinatal psychology. The progressive increase of the children born before the term as well as the insufficient development of psychological care programs for mothers at the women's consultation and nursing departments of newborns dictate the urgency and necessity of this problem. Using psychological techniques, the authors comprehensively assessed the personality characteristics, motives for the pregnancy preservation, personal and situational anxiety of mothers of premature babies at Perinatal Center №.1. The assessment revealed that the mothers with premature low-birth-weight babies experienced a sharp increase in situational anxiety compared to personal anxiety, while the mothers of full-term babies with a normal weight tended to decrease the level ofsituational anxiety. In addition, the mothers of premature babiessufferfrom expressed and severe depression more often than the mothers of full-term babies(p<0.05).
Highlights
Psychological features of mothers who have given birth to premature babies present one of the most complex and insufficiently explored areas of modern perinatal psychology
The progressive increase of the children born before the term as well as the insufficient development of psychological care programs for mothers at the women's consultation and nursing departments of newborns dictate the urgency and necessity of this problem
The assessment revealed that the mothers with premature low-birth-weight babies experienced a sharp increase in situational anxiety compared to personal anxiety, while the mothers of full-term babies with a normal weight tended to decrease the level of situational anxiety
Summary
Психологические особенности матерей, родивших недоношенных детей, – одна из наиболее сложных и малоизученных областей современной перинатальной психологии. For citation: Korotaeva N.V., Ippolitova L.I., Nastausheva T.L., Ivanova O.A., Kogutnitskaya M.I., Pershina E.S. Psychological features of mothers who have given birth to premature infants. Першина Елена Сергеевна – ординатор кафедры госпитальной и поликлинической педиатрии по специальности неонатология Воронежского государственного медицинского университета им. Иванова Ольга Анатольевна – к.псх.н., преподаватель кафедры педагогики и педагогической психологии факультета философии и психологии Воронежского государственного университета 394009 Воронеж, ул. Медико-психологические особенности матерей, родивших недоношенных детей с первых дней жизни процесс взаимной адаптации и синхронизации. Цель исследования – выявить психологические особенности матерей недоношенных детей с целью последующей коррекции и совершенствования их психологического сопровождения не только в условиях стационара, но и после выписки из отделений выхаживания
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