title: Yolanda's story: An antenarratological approach to understanding mothering work.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Mothering work has been studied by social and occupational scientists, as well as a few occupational therapists. However, there remains a lack of in depth qualitative analysis that provides a trajectory view of a mother's experience, particularly after traumatic events involving their children. This study sought to further understand a mothering experience from a mothering work lens following the near-drowning experience of a child in South Florida.
  
  
  METHODS
  Antenarratology is a relatively new approach for analyzing qualitative data. It provides a way to understand the complexities of phenomena over a period of time from a more contextual approach. This method was used to analyze a mother's blog post injury of her child. This report introduces the method and its application to one mother's experience using a case study format.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis of data using antenarratology methodology revealed a variety of disparate, inconsistent and common threads, which is acceptable in antenarratological explorations. This more appropriately mirrors the variations of life that a mother's work experiences in child care work entail, particularly post injury.
authors: College of Health Care Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Nova Southeastern University, FL, USA.
authors: Sandra Barker
authors: SB
authors: Dunbar
mesh_terms: D057218:Blogging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Mothering; antenarratology; mothering occupations; mothers' work; near-drowning