ABSTRACT

Objective: Investigate parents’ recollections of resilience hindering experiences in the first year of parenthood.

Background: The transition to parenthood is a significant period of change in the lifespan. Understanding the factors which undermine resilience during this process will help illuminate resilience theory and provision of perinatal support.

Methods: We conducted a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 10 parents (including four fathers) and examined factors hindering resilience as a global theme within a broader thematic network.

Results: We identified two organising themes; context which related to external experiences and relationships and appraisals which related to parents’ internal attributions and experiences. We refined these organising themes into 24 specific resilience hindering factors including ambivalence about parenthood, fear of judgement, compromised self-care and relationship change. We also collated parents’ suggested changes to structural supports such as providing a comprehensive overview of services available to new parents, having credible resources online, engaging fathers directly in perinatal care and a greater focus on postnatal support such as prioritising continuity of care and making longer hospital stays available.

Conclusion: Our work illuminates parents’ own thoughts about factors hindering resilience in the transition to parenthood and provides direct recommendations from consumers about improvements to provision of support throughout this critical period.

摘要

目的：调查父母在为人父母的第一年对弹性阻碍经历的回忆。

背景：向父母的过渡是生命中一个重要的变化时期。了解在此过程中破坏复原力的因素将有助于阐明复原力理论和提供围产期支持。

方法：我们对 10 位家长（包括 4 位父亲）的深度访谈进行了主题分析，并在更广泛的主题网络中检查了阻碍将韧性作为全球主题的因素。

结果：我们确定了两个组织主题；与外部经验和关系相关的背景以及与父母内部归因和经验相关的评估。我们将这些组织主题细化为 24 个特定的弹性阻碍因素，包括对父母身份的矛盾心理、对判断的恐惧、自我照顾受损和关系改变。我们还整理了父母对结构支持的建议更改，例如提供对新父母可用服务的全面概述、在线获得可靠资源、让父亲直接参与围产期护理以及更加关注产后支持，例如优先考虑护理的连续性和延长可以住院。

结论：我们的工作阐明了父母对阻碍向父母过渡的复原力的因素的看法，并提供了消费者关于在整个关键时期改进提供支持的直接建议。