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مقاله
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Abstract
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Title:
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Interaction Experiences of Blind Mothers with their Children: A Hermeneutic phenomenological study
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Author(s):
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Mahmood Shamshiri, Samira Shahbazzadegan, Zahra Behbodi Moghadam, Shahrzad Ghiasvandian
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Presentation Type:
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Oral
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Subject:
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Visual Psychophysics and Optics
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Others:
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Presenting Author:
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Name:
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Mahmood Shamshiri
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Affiliation :(optional)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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E mail:
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m.shamshiri@arums.ac.ir
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Phone:
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09142861868
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Mobile:
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09142861868
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Purpose:
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Mother as the primary caregiver plays a crucial role in development of the child. Severe visually impaired or blind mothers’ parenting experience can be valuable and beneficent in providing a holistic and appropriate care for both blind mothers and their children. This study aimed to explore the experiences of blind mothers to interact with their children
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Methods:
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A hermeneutic phenomenology approach was adopted to conduct the study. Congruent with this approach, van Manen’s method consists of 6 interplay activities helped the researchers to perform the process of the study. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were performed to produce qualitative data with nine blind mothers. The thematic analysis introduced by van Manen was used to isolate and emerge the meaning units, sub-themes and the main theme, hidden in the lived stories of the participants.
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Results:
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‘Close lovers’ was the overarching theme that extracted from the mother-child interaction experiences of blind mothers. It emerged from 6 themes including monitoring by alternative senses, monitoring by careful calls and staying vigilant, loving by heart and imagining in mind, discovering child’s intentions, parenting anxiety and deficits in communication.
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Conclusion:
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Blindness changes the mothering behaviors of blind women to an extent that they adopt a close mothering approach in caring of their children. This approach helps them to cope with their limitations and thereby decrease the level of child-related anxiety. Health professionals should consider the concept of ‘close lovers’ to better understand and to provide appropriate care for blind mothers and their children.
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