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The Effect Of Infant Directed Lullaby On Maternal Attachment And Parenting Stress, Casie Esposito
The Effect Of Infant Directed Lullaby On Maternal Attachment And Parenting Stress, Casie Esposito
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In this modified single-subject design study, the researcher sought to find whether eight parents who were taught to use lullaby evidenced a change in attachment and parenting stress regarding their infant’s hospitalization and into transition to home. Using repeated measures over a period of approximately two months, each parent was asked to use infant directed lullaby with their infants and keep track of its use with a calendar. The Maternal Attachment Inventory and the Parenting Stress Index provided measurement of self-reported attachment and stress. An adapted intervention rating profile was used to determine the parent’s perceived acceptance of infant directed …