[The experience of uncertainty of fathers and mothers in the process of the announcement of cerebral palsy of their children].
This qualitative research shows differences and similarities between mother and father's experience of incertitude in the process of the announcement of the cerebral palsy and the adaptation strategies used. Interviews have been conducted with 17 parents (10 mothers and 7 fathers). Results of the research reveals three main triggering factors of incertitude: incertitude in regards with the survival of the child, the unpredictability of the evolution of the child and the ambiguity of the information regarding the cerebral palsy Triggering factors of the incertitude are the same for both parents but their reactions towards the these factors and their way of coping with the situation vary.
Pelchat
Diane
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Faculté des sciences infirmieres, Université de Montréal Chercheur régulier, Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire du Montréal Métropolitain.
Bourgeois-Guérin
Valérie
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods; D002666:Psychology, Child; D035501:Uncertainty