Qualitative study elucidates the impact of childhood illness interactions on parenting approaches, suggesting implications for interventions.
Key Points
This study aims to explore how childhood experiences with illness and interactions with parents influence adult approaches to parenting during illness.
Qualitative design using semi-structured interviews with 32 adult participants aged 28-74, sampled using epidemiological data.
Thematic analysis was conducted on interview transcripts using a mixed deductive-inductive approach.
Included deviant case analysis to explore variations in responses.
Three parental symptom response types identified: affective, practical, and minimizing; these influenced participants' caregiving behavior.
Affective and practical responses were generally viewed positively, while minimizing responses were linked to negative experiences and deliberate divergence.
Participants described desired caregiving values, which sometimes conflicted with their actual symptoms responses, highlighting discrepancies.