A Mother’s perception of triplet siblings. A Case study
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2014, Vol 12, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: The prevalence of triplet pregnancies is estimated to be at about 0.7% of all pregnancies, however, their number is constantly increasing. Deficits of psychomotor development pertain both to premature children from singleton pregnancies and to those from twin and triple pregnancies. Consequently, these three risk groups deserve special attention. The aim of the research was to show the specificity and dynamics of a mother’s perception of triplet siblings born prematurely in 2009 in one of the hospitals in Gdansk, aged 24, 29 and 38 months.Material and methods: The studied group comprised siblings from a triple pregnancy (T1, T2, T3), including two girls and one boy. This longitudinal study consisted of three stages: stage I – children aged 25 months, stage II – children aged 29 months, and stage III – children aged 38 months. At each stage, psychomotor development of the children was evaluated subjectively by their mother using the Socila-emotional and Adaptive Behaviors Questionnaire. Additionally, medical and nursing documentation was analyzed at stage I, and an interview was obtained.Results: A qualitative analysis of the results has revealed that the mother perceives the development of each child differently. Her perception was affected first of all by the health condition due to the children differentiation process and the intensification of the differences among them. It is observed that in case of triplet siblings the differentiation has been present since the first years of life and it has always been a dynamic process, one conditioned by many factors. The children’s state of health in early childhood was conditioned by the multi-fetal pregnancy, as well as the premature termination of the pregnancy.Conclusions: The mother perceives the development of each sibling triplet differently. The child’s state of medical health affects the mother’s perception. Having triplet siblings with different states of medical health as well as three children of the same age affects the process of differentiating children.
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Łucja Bieleninik, Mariola Bidzan, Aneta Koszewska
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