Impact of a NICU Bedside Reading Initiative on Self-Reported Maternal Stress and Mother-Infant Attachment

<p>Premature birth and a corresponding hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) presents infants and their families with an array of medical and psychosocial stressors that have the potential to impact neurodevelopment and social-emotional functioning in both the long-and short-term. Research has demonstrated the importance of family-integrated, developmental care interventions and a need for supportive environmental and sensory stimulation for the infant to optimize developmental, social, and emotional outcomes. Engaging parents in bedside care that fosters sensory development, supports cognitive and language skills, and lays a strong foundation for bonding and attachment can be monumental for the dyad. Implementation of a NICU-based mother-infant bedside reading intervention has a variety of potential benefits for both the mother and the infant, specifically in relation to supporting the growing maternal-infant attachment relationship and alleviating some degree of maternal stress from the NICU environment.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Lorenzi Quigley, Lauren

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ara J. Schmitt
• Kara E. McGoey
• Launcelot I. Brown

• reading
• NICU
• parental stress
• attachment
• School Psychology

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1946

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2934