Parental decision-making surrounding complicated births: the impact on parent-infant and infant-marital relationships Phillips, Sarah J. and Tooley, Gregory 2004, Parental decision-making surrounding complicated births: the impact on parent-infant and infant-marital relationships, in Relationship transitions : proceedings of the Australian Psychology Society's Psychology of Relationships Interest Group 4th annual conference : Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia, 13th - 14th November 2004, Australian Psychology Society, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 96-101. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Parental decision-making surrounding complicated births: the impact on parent-infant and infant-marital relationships Author(s) Phillips, Sarah J. Tooley, Gregory orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-3285 Conference name Australian Psychology Society Conference (4th : 2004 : Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Australia Conference dates 13-14 November 2004 Title of proceedings Relationship transitions : proceedings of the Australian Psychology Society's Psychology of Relationships Interest Group 4th annual conference : Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia, 13th - 14th November 2004 Editor(s) Bowles, Terry Pearce, Zoe J. Publication date 2004 Start page 96 End page 101 Publisher Australian Psychology Society Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Summary This paper reviews current research regarding the impact of birth complications on parental decisionmaking, and the resulting effects on parent-infant and infant-marital relationships. It discusses the importance of informed decision-making on parental satisfaction of the birthing experience, and the benefits of certain strategies, such as kangaroo care, in the facilitation of greater levels of attachment and improved relationships. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research areas to focus on finding better ways to prepare and support parents in these situations, thus improving the quality of relationships between parents and with their child. ISBN 090988126X Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2004 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005466 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 Feb 2009, 15:42:31 EST Thu, 29 Jul 2010, 13:46:11 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 08:41:16 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 680 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:50:05 EST