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Social Support Following Perinatal Loss

Karen Kavanaugh, Ph.D., R.N.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing

Darcie Trier, M.S., C.N.M.

Swedish Covenant Hospital nurse midwifery group, Chicago

Michelle Korzec, M.S., C.N.M.

St. Anthony Hospital, Chicago

The purpose of this project was to examine parents’ descriptions of the ways family and friends supported them after they had experienced a perinatal loss. For this project, a secondary analysis of data from two phenomenological studies on perinatal loss was performed. A combined total of 62 interview transcripts from 22 mothers and 9 fathers were examined. Data analysis included identifying all statements in the interview transcripts that pertained to the ways that family and friends supported parents. The modes of supportive behavior (emotional, advice/feedback, practical, financial, and socializing) in Vaux’s theory of social support served as a useful framework for presenting the findings. Parents received emotional support most frequently. Findings from the current study provide data for health care professionals to use to provide guidance to family and friends of bereaved parents.

Key Words: perinatal loss • family support • social support • parent support

Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 10, No. 1, 70-92 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1074840703260905
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