ABSTRACT

Premature birth can pose a great challenge on the performance of parental roles by parents of premature infants. Is the relationship of new parents affected by anxiety, which the literature enlists among the core consequences of an increased risk of developmental disorders and hospitalization in the early stages of their child’s life? The aims of this study were to determining the links between the levels of anxiety, hope and partner communication in parents of premature babies, and investigating the associations between their reported hope and anxiety. The research included 69 parents (46 mothers and 23 fathers) of infants born before 37-week gestation. All children were hospitalized throughout the entire study. The results suggest significant relationships between partner communication and anxiety in the investigated fathers. The higher their level of state anxiety, the less support they were willing to provide to their partners, and the higher their level of trait anxiety, the stronger their tendency to depreciate them. In addition, there were significant links between gestational week of birth and the level of anxiety reported by the mothers. The earlier the child was born, the higher was the level of state anxiety associated with the situation in mothers.

摘要

早产会对早产儿父母的父母角色表现构成巨大挑战。新父母的关系是否受到焦虑的影响，文献将其列为孩子生命早期发育障碍和住院风险增加的核心后果？本研究的目的是确定早产儿父母的焦虑、希望和伴侣沟通水平之间的联系，并调查他们报告的希望和焦虑之间的关联。该研究包括 69 名父母（46 名母亲和 23 名父亲）的 37 周妊娠前出生的婴儿。在整个研究过程中，所有儿童都住院。结果表明，在被调查的父亲中，伴侣沟通与焦虑之间存在显着关系。他们的状态焦虑水平越高，他们愿意为他们的伴侣提供的支持就越少，他们的特质焦虑水平越高，他们贬低他们的倾向就越强。此外，出生妊娠周与母亲报告的焦虑程度之间存在显着联系。孩子出生得越早，与母亲的情况相关的状态焦虑水平就越高。