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S Coffman

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Parent and infant attachment: review of nursing research 1981-1990.

PURPOSE: To determine what research information on attachment and bonding is available to nurses. METHOD: A critical review was conducted for 26 studies on attachment and bonding published between 1981-1990. FINDINGS: Studies had strength in their consideration of multiple factors hypothesized to influence attachment and bonding. However, methodological concerns are raised about validity of designs and tools. CONCLUSIONS: Nurses involved in clinical practice and research would benefit by clarifying their conceptions of attachment and bonding. Nurses can broaden their assessment base, including fathers' as well as mothers' perspectives, verbal and nonverbal behaviors, cultural differences, and interchange in the parent-infant relationship.

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Children describe life after Hurricane Andrew.

Hurricane Andrew, which devastated the south Florida coast in August 1992, left over 250,000 people homeless with multiple health and social problems. This nursing study explored the experiences of 17 children, ages 5 through 12, who lived in the geographic area of storm damage. Common experiences described by the children included remembering the storm, dealing with after-effects, and reestablishing a new life. In general, children described a sense of strangeness, articulated as "life is weird" after the hurricane. In addition to stressful responses, many positive reactions were described by children in the study, revealing that the disaster also had a maturing effect.

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Effects of clarification of support expectations in prenatal couples.

The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model of confirmation of expectations for mutual support after childbirth and to evaluate an intervention given in prenatal classes during which prospective parents clarified their expectations. Results provided support for the proposed model in that parents with greater confirmation of expectations were found to have more positive relationship satisfaction, emotional affect, and parenting attitudes. Differences in men and women emerged that demonstrated that confirmation of support expectations was more important to women, while the level of support actually received was more important to men. The prenatal class intervention did not significantly affect parent outcomes.

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Mothers' stress and close relationships: correlates with infant health status.

This descriptive follow-up study focuses on changes in maternal stress and close relationships over the infant's first year and explores the association of these maternal variables with infant health status. After initial interviews at 1 month, mothers of 43 infants completed a follow-up questionnaire when their infants were 13 months old. Women tended to select their husbands or mothers as their closest relations, and 9 women noted that their closest person at 13 months was a different person than at 1 month. Infant hospitalization, but not risk status or major illness in the infant, was significantly related to maternal stress and relationship change. The association among infant hospitalization, greater maternal stress, and less closeness in relationships support the importance of focusing on the whole family in the hospital setting.

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Ideas on leadership.

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Applying adult education principles to computer education.

Adults enter computer learning situations with diverse interests and backgrounds. They learn best when they can select from a variety of learning modalities with the goal of completing a desired task. Helping adults learn how to undo computer errors and identify support persons can be just as important as successful completion of a task on the first attempt. By applying these principles of adult education to computer learning, educators can facilitate competence and self-direction in learners.

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