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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"first time parents"”.
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ParentCoach: co-designing a chatbot to support first-time parents
… explores the co-design of a chatbot to support first-time parents' informational needs in an urban South African context by drawing on the perspectives of clinicians and parents using an exploratory and co-design approach. I conducted one-on-one interviews with five clinicians to understand …
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ParentCoach: co-designing a chatbot to support first-time parents
… explores the co-design of a chatbot to support first-time parents' informational needs in an urban South African context by drawing on the perspectives of clinicians and parents using an exploratory and co-design approach. I conducted one-on-one interviews with five clinicians to understand …
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First time parents' perceptions of their relationship across the transition to parenthood
The transition to parenthood is a time of heightened risk for marital distress due to the changes and demands experienced by new parents. The quality of the marital relationship has an influence on child development and on adult well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in …
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Relationship Satisfaction and Coparenting over the Transition to Parenthood: Depression, Division of Labor, and Child Temperament as Moderators
… transition to parenthood is a uniquely important time in the human experience. New parents must reorganize their patterns of behavior and respective roles in order to include and care for a new child. Parents’ ability to navigate this process has great implications for child adjustment and healthy …
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Behavioral entrainment of human milk-fed infants' sleep patterns
… a.m. to 5 a.m.) from an early age, twenty- six first-time parents and their infants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: treatment and control. Treatment parents were instructed to offer a ""focal feed"" (between 10 p.m. and 12 a.m.) to their infants every night, to maximize …
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Paternal postpartum distress : a discourse analytic study
… the prevalence of paternal distress within the first year postpartum is addressed. The review attempts to determine levels of severity and aims to stipulate when distress is more prevalent within the year. The usefulness of such epidemiological data is also considered. Part two is an empirical …
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Effects of parenting support groups on social support, marital support, and perceptions of infants
… of infants. The subjects were 20 prospective first-time parents; nine of the 20 women attended the workshops with their husbands. Subjects completed measures of social support number and satisfaction (SSQ-S and SSQ-N), marital support (MAT), and perceptions of infants (NPI) at three times: …
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Marriage Moments: An Evaluation of an Approach to Strengthen Couples' Relationships During the Transition to Parenthood, in the Context of a Home Visitation Program
… in the context of a home visitation program for first-time parents. Participants in the study included 119 married couples who had recently given birth to their first child. They were assigned to either a treatment, comparison or control group. The treatment group received the Marriage Moments …
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Emerging Parental Sensitivity: the Transition to Parenthood Through the Lens of Family Systems Theory
Parents’ capacity to represent and sensitively respond to their children as individuals, is a particularly pertinent ability during infancy. This thesis contributes to theoretical understanding of the nature of parental sensitivity during infancy. In particular, it examined whether parental …
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Transitioning into parenthood : family leisure and heterosexual couples in New Zealand
… was based concerned the transition period from first time pregnancy through to first time parenthood for heterosexual couples in Christchurch, New Zealand. The particular focus on this study was on how this transition impacted upon access, opportunity and experiences of family leisure. As a …
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Helping with the Transition to Parenthood: An Evaluation of the Marriage Moments Program
… on 155 married couples that were expecting their first child. Couples were randomly assigned to one control or two treatment groups. The control group participated in a childbirth education class, but did not receive the Marriage Moments program. The instructor-encouraged treatment group viewed …
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Readiness and Relationships across the Transition to School: Children’s Experiences and Interactions between Home and School Contexts
… that encompasses interactions between children, parents and teachers might improve our understanding of the process of starting school. The thesis is comprised of four studies, with data collected across the UK and Ireland, straddling several approaches including the use of observational measures …