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Development of Pregnant Women-Fetus Interaction Program and its Effects on enhancing Mother-Newborn Baby Interaction

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2004, 17(2), pp.157-176
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Jiyoun Yoon 1 Kang,Moon-Hee 1

1서울여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to develop the pregnant women-fetus interaction program for enhancing their interaction and to evaluate the effects of the program using a control group with pre and post test design. The subjects of this study consisted of seven pregnant women in experimental group and six pregnant women in control group at the 26-34 weeks of gestation. The program was composed of 12 sessions in three stages. The first stage was to have the experimental group experience a close bond between pregnant women and their unborn infants. At this stage, the pregnant women in the experimental group had opportunities to communicate with their fetus. The second stage was to give the subjects chances for a professional evaluation of the status of their bonding efforts. At this stage, the pregnant women may accumulate their bonding with fetus. The third stage was to provide the subjects a model of various kinds of relating method to their fetus. Data were collected with prenatal and postnatal Marschak Interaction Method(MIM). Microanalyses of the interaction behaviors were carried out with videotaped records. The data were analyzed with Mann-Whitney U Test, Friedman test, and Wilcoxon T-test. Results indicated that the program revealed statistically significant effects on enhancing the positive psychological mother-fetus(newborn baby) interaction. It also indicated that the contents and methodology of the program were appropriate to achieve the goals of the program.

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