History of Pre and Perinatal (PPN) Parenting Education A literature review
This literature review focuses on the history of pre- and perinatal (PPN) parenting education. The topic constituted one area examined
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New Fashioned Families: An Investigation of Bonding with Families Created Using Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy
This paper looks at the bonding process that is unique to the population of families created via assisted reproductive technology.
Fear versus Trust: The Impact of Fear on Birth Experience and Maternal Outcomes
This study explored women’s trust-based and fear-based beliefs about birth. It asked: Do women trust their bodies’ innate intelligence to
A Meta-Synthesis Exploring the Experience of Postpartum Psychosis
Not as much research exists regarding postpartum psychosis as compared to other perinatal mental health disorders, such as postpartum depression.
Open and Closed Knowledge Systems, the Four Stages of Cognition, and the Cultural Management of Birth: Part 1
To better understand both the resistance to and the acceptance of pre- and perinatal psychology and other ways of thinking
Epilinguistics Inside Epigenetics
This article addresses the importance of the words we choose, especially when working with expectant and new mothers and their
Anencephaly: Insights for Genetic Counseling
Genetic counselors may meet with expectant parents to facilitate 10 decision making following prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly. Factors that 11
Examining Misperceptions about Miscarriage in U.S. Adults
AdultsintheU.S.,fromauniversityorAmazonMechanicalTurk(MTurk),readavignetteaboutawomanexperiencingamiscarriageandansweredquestionsaboutreactionstothevignette,predictionsaboutthesubject’sfuture,demographics,knowledgeofmiscarriage,beliefinajustworld,locusofcontrol,andlikingofchildren.Participantsanticipatedthewoman’sexperienceandfuturedifferentlydependingontheirgender,herstatedage,andwhethershewastryingtobecomepregnant.Morecorrectknowledgeregardingmiscarriagealsowaspredictedbyfemalegender,lessbeliefinajustworld,moreinternallocusofcontrol,andgreaterlikingofchildren.
Prenatal Sentience, Psychedelic Healing, and the Future of Therapy
A traumatic prenatal event was uncovered following a ceremony with the Amazonian medicine ayahuasca. Further ceremonies revealed abundant details about
Open and Closed Knowledge Systems, the Four Stages of Cognition, and the Cultural Management of Birth: Part 2
This conceptual “think piece” appears in JOPPPAH in two parts. Part 1 looked at four Stages of Cognition, relating each