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Effects of the Father's Presence or Absence During a Cesarean Delivery
Author(s) -
Cain Richard L.,
Pedersen Frank A.,
Zaslow Martha J.,
Kramer Eva
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1984.tb00734.x
Subject(s) - feeling , cesarean delivery , medicine , affect (linguistics) , obstetrics , psychology , pregnancy , developmental psychology , social psychology , biology , genetics , communication
In a sample of 23 couples, those whose infants were delivered by cesarean section with the father present described more positive feelings, greater involvement in decisions related to labor and delivery, and less delay in handling their baby than did couples in which the father was not present during the surgery. Parent‐infant behaviors observed in the home at 3 months postpartum were not significantly differentiated by father's presence or absence at birth, except for more intense positive affect toward the infant by fathers who were not present at the cesarean.