Lamaze prepared and non-formally prepared fathers : a comparative study of expectations and retrospections of the labor and delivery experience
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Rebecca B. Saunders, Associate Dean, Graduate School (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Margaret Klemer
Abstract: This study explored the effect of Lamaze preparation on fathers' views of the childbirth experience. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there was a difference between the Lamaze prepared and the non-formally prepared fathers' expectations prior to the labor and delivery experience, and in their retrospections of the actual experience of labor and delivery. Four null hypotheses were tested: (1) There is no difference between the expectations and the retrospections of the labor and delivery experience for the Lamaze prepared father. (2) There is no difference between the expectations and the retrospections of the labor and delivery experience for the non-formally prepared father. (3) The Lamaze prepared father will have expectations of the labor and delivery experience no different from the non-formally prepared father. (4) The Lamaze prepared father will have retrospections of the actual labor and delivery experience no different from the non-formally prepared father. Twenty expectant fathers participated in the investigation. Fourteen fathers had attended Lamaze classes with their wives in preparation for childbirth, and six fathers had no formal preparation. All fathers accompanied their wives throughout labor and birth, and all met established criteria for inclusion in this study.
Lamaze prepared and non-formally prepared fathers : a comparative study of expectations and retrospections of the labor and delivery experience
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- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 1977
- Subjects
- Childbirth $x Study and teaching
- Natural childbirth $x Study and teaching
- Fathers
- Parenting