title: Adjustment to a newborn. Sibling preparation makes a difference.
abstract: Two groups of 20 mothers and their firstborn children (matched for age and sex) were investigated to determine whether sibling preparation for the birth of a newborn made a difference in the behavior of the children and in the mothers' perceptions of their own ability to cope with the children. One group of mothers and their children attended a sibling preparation class; the other group did not. Each group was pretested and posttested with the Parent-Child Assessment Tool. A significant difference was found between the two groups.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21228.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fortier
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Will
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Shubkagel
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012801:Sibling Relations