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  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) care
  • Parental psychology
  • Infant development

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  • Parents in the NICU face a stressful, unexpected environment.
  • NICU parents risk impaired bonding and poorer mental health.
  • Understanding parental identity development can improve NICU support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore parental identity development in the neonatal intensive care unit.
  • To understand the unique challenges and coping mechanisms of NICU parents.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study analyzing semistructured interviews.
  • Phenomenological and narrative analytic frameworks applied.
  • 25 parents of 20 NICU patients interviewed.

Main Results:

  • Parents described challenges and coping strategies for NICU parenting.
  • Five themes of parental identity development emerged: activities, shifting expectations, transition points, time, and recognition.
  • Parents distinguished between bonding and feeling like a parent.

Conclusions:

  • Parental identity development in the NICU is complex and separate from parent-infant bonding.
  • Enhanced support for NICU parental identity development can improve parent and infant outcomes.
  • Further research into NICU parental experiences is warranted.