| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
SAGE Research Methods. Cases |
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SAGE Research Methods. Cases
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| Summary |
This case study describes the process and challenges of developing a new line of psychological research in a medical setting with distressed families. Specifically, this line of psychological research focuses on parents' psychological, relational, and spiritual well-being in the neonatal intensive care unit and after the child's discharge. Novice researchers and students will find that this case study elucidates the process of starting a new line of psychological research in a medical setting with a frank discussion of the challenges and excitement related to this work. The neonatal intensive care unit setting is a stressful place where parents may find limited emotional and spiritual support, thereby affecting their own mental health, their relationship with their baby, and their significant other. Thus, my co-investigator, Dr. Kim Doheny, and I designed a study to explore parents' religious and secular coping in the neonatal intensive care unit and post-discharge because we saw a need to better understand how parents coped with this monumental life event. To date, there is scant literature on this topic and we felt the dearth of studies was concerning. This ambitious project took place over 3 years, comprising 1 year of study conception and 2 years of data collection with the assistance of a neonatal fellow and co-investigator. We learned the pitfalls related to research in the neonatal intensive care unit with new parents and have since redesigned a future study that build on this study's findings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on XML content |
| Subject |
Mothers of prematurely born children -- Psychology.
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Newborn infants -- Medical care -- Psychological aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1526437058 |
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9781526437051 (ebook) |
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