The Family Coping Inventory Applied to Parents with New Babies
1983; Wiley; Volume: 45; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/351799
ISSN1741-3737
AutoresJacqueline N. Ventura, Pauline Boss,
Tópico(s)Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
ResumoParent coping behaviors were investigated in a sample of 100 mothers and 100 fathers of twoto three-month-old infants using the Family Coping Inventory, originally developed for families experiencing membership loss or separation. The relationship between coping behaviors, gender of parent and infant, and number of children also was examined. Factor analyses yielded three coping patterns: seeking social support and self-development; maintaining family integrity; and being religious, thankful, and content. T-testing between mother and father groups revealed that mothers found 17 of the 28 coping behaviors to be more useful than did fathers. Confirmatory factor analysis procedures were repeated on two equal subgroups of 100 randomly selected parents. Items relating to maintaining family integrity were usually replicated. These findings are consistent with past studies offamily separation and loss that also used the Family Coping Inventory. Some commonalities were identified in both loss and acquisitions of family membership. It also was found that coping patterns were affected by the gender of the respondent.
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