scholarly journals Analysis of the early mother-child relationship in schizophrenic patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 002076402199118
Author(s):  
Marziyeh Khoshgoftar ◽  
Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee ◽  
Mohammad Reza Sheikhi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
New Information ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Background and Aim: The mother as the first caregiver plays a significant role in the formation of the child’s behavior, growth, and communication. The present study aimed to analyze the early mother-child relationship in schizophrenic patients. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study employed a descriptive phenomenological approach. The participants were male patients with schizophrenia who were hospitalized in Qazvin Bahman Psychiatric Hospital from March to September 2020 with an age range of over 18 years. Given the objective of the study, the data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The participants were selected using purposive sampling and the sampling procedure continued until data saturation as the point when no new information is observed in the data. Accordingly, the data were saturated after interviewing 15 participants. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Results: The analysis of the data revealed four main themes including ambivalent attachment to the mother, feelings of constant fear and worry, a sense of constant care for the mother, and a cold and emotionless relationship with the child. Conclusion: The present study suggested that schizophrenia is a disorder that affects the mother-child relationship, and does the term “schizophrenic mothers” need to be reconsidered? However, the result of this research has been done according to the nature and cultural context of Iranian society.

scholarly journals The Mother’s Role in Mother-Child Relationship Among Adolescents with Unwanted Pregnancies

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Noradila Mohamed Faudzi ◽  
Melati Sumari ◽  
Azmawaty Mohamad Nor ◽  
Norhafisah Abd Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Large Data Sets ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Pregnant Adolescents ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancies ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

The mother’s role is essential in an adolescent’s development due to the challenges of life and exposure to the outside world, which affect and constantly change the mother’s role. This study intends to explore the experiences of the mother’s roles in the mother-child relationship among adolescents with unwanted pregnancies. A phenomenological approach was employed to obtain the essence of the experiences. A total of 10 participants comprising of five pregnant adolescents and their mothers were interviewed to understand the role played by the adolescents’ mothers during the pregnancy. A diary was distributed among the adolescents to allow them to externalise and express the experiences that they had with their mothers while being pregnant. This study used thematic analysis because it is flexible in interpreting the data and allows to approach large data sets more easily by sorting them into broad themes. Five themes emerged as follows: (a) supervising and monitoring, (b) rules and regulations, (c) showing affection, (d) educating adolescents, and (e) giving encouragement and support. This study provided insights on the mothers’ struggles in raising their adolescents which were highlighted from two perspectives: adolescents and mothers. The findings revealed the challenges faced by the mothers with various types of family structure.

Sources of Happiness: A Mixed Methods Phenomenological Study of Factors Affecting Residents’ Subjective Wellbeing in Shenzhen, China

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412097174
Author(s):  
Deborah Kerstetter ◽  
Xiangyou Shen ◽  
Xiaoli Yi ◽  
Bing Pan ◽  
Gaojun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Registration System

Maintaining cultural sensitivity has been a challenge in subjective wellbeing (SWB) research involving nonwestern populations, which continues to primarily use a quantitative approach and Westernoriginating measurements. Accounting for culturally specific characteristics of the study area and sample, we employed a concurrent mixed-methods phenomenological approach to uncover factors contributing to urban Chinese residents’ SWB in the context of their daily lives. Data from 65 semi-structured interviews in Shenzhen, China revealed five meta-themes, including harmony in interpersonal relationships, financial wellbeing and homeownership, health, physical and social environment, and intentional activities and mentality. Residents’ background contextual information was cross-referenced with the meta-themes to enrich data interpretation, unveiling the profound imprint of age and life stages, the broad-scale structural inequities associated with China’s household registration system, and the firm grip of traditional family core values and folk wisdom in the form of a transcendental mindset of inner peace and dignity. The results provide a contextualized understanding of the primary sources of SWB relevant to today’s urban Chinese residents, and offer valuable insight about the social-cultural complexities involved in “ordinary” Chinese residents’ pursuit of happiness that is co-shaped by individual effort, deep-rooted traditional values, and consequential social infrastructure and policies amidst the country’s deepening, transformative urbanization. Keywords: China, Cultural Sensitivity, Happiness, Mixed Methods, Phenomenological Approach, Socio-Cultural Context, Sources of Happiness, Subjective Wellbeing, Urban Resident

The Capgras Syndrome Following Head Injury

1971 ◽  
Vol 119 (548) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Weston ◽  
F. A. Whitlock
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Neuropsychological Function ◽  
New Information ◽  
Disease Pattern ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Capgras Syndrome ◽  
Gradual Accumulation ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
Identification Phase

The Capgras syndrome, first described by Capgras and Rebould-Lachaux (1923), is the name applied to a peculiar delusional system in which the patients come to believe that persons well known to them—usually close relatives—are impostors who have assumed the exact appearances of those whom they have supplanted. The majority of examples of this condition have been observed in schizophrenic patients but, like most eponymous titles in medicine, the term was applied to a disease pattern that failed to fit conveniently into existing classification. Most branches of medicine, with the gradual accumulation of new information, pass through an ‘identification’ phase when new syndromes are being discovered. A further 'synthesizing’ phase is eventually reached when researchers, equipped with greater knowledge regarding likely aetiology, pattern of symptoms and treatment, are able to appreciate the wider implications and ramifications of the problem, as well as uncertainties surrounding the initially identified disease pattern. In psychiatry, titles that emphasize specific patterns of symptomatology tend to be the rule rather than the exception, but advances in psychopathology, neuropsychology and neuropathology imply a need for reassessing the contribution of a purely phenomenological approach to the problem. Such an approach may well be overdue as far as the Capgras and other syndromes are concerned. The following case is presented in the hope that the condition, when it is recognized, will be evaluated in terms of its aetiology, and that attention will be paid to the more fundamental questions of psychopathology and related patterns of neuropsychological function.

scholarly journals Positive childbirth experience: a qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monirolsadate Hosseini Tabaghdehi ◽  
Afsaneh Keramat ◽  
Sakineh Kolahdozan ◽  
Zohreh Shahhosseini ◽  
Mahmood Moosazadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Childbirth Experience ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Mother Child Relationship

Abstract Objective Women gain essential experiences during the labour process that the quality of these experiences impacts on the health of the mother and her child and the mother-child relationship. the aim of this study was to explore the meaning of a positive childbirth experience as expressed by women who had given birth in Iran. This is a qualitative study on conducted on a sample of 10 women aged 20- 38 with positive childbirth experience. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews were conducted during 72 hours to two months after childbirth. The sampling process was purposeful. Content analysis method was used for data analysis.Results Interviews with the participants were analyzed, and conceptual codes were extracted and then coded into two themes and five subthemes. The theme includes: control and empowerment and subtheme includes preparation, coping, support, self-efficacy and self-esteem. positive childbirth experiences play a crucial role in women's empowerment and increase fertility rates and decrease cesarean delivery. Many factors play an important role in making childbirth experience that health care systems must consider during pregnancy and childbirth in their policies and guidelines.

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