Birth Trauma: In the Eye of the Beholder

Birth Trauma: In the Eye of the Beholder

Purpose and Approach/Research Questions

The Purpose of the Study

In the research article “ Birth Trauma: In the Eye of the Beholder” which is done by Cheryl Tatano Beck, is basically research work which is based about the birth trauma faced by the mothers. As per the title, the researcher meant birth trauma is faced by the mothers and is considered in a different manner by the care providers.

The Significance of the Study

The birth trauma is considered as usual thing. This research focuses on the experiences of mothers who go through the trauma of birth. This research also investigated the cause of the trauma faced by mothers. Research shows that doctors focus only on the delivery of a healthy child and ignore the problems and fears faced by a woman during delivery.

Identification of the Philosophical or Theoretical Base of the Study

This research work was done for the identification of PSTD- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the mothers after giving birth to a child; some of the researchers have identified and analyzed the concerned phenomenon by the experiences of the experience of the women. Basically, this phenomenological study studies the literal meaning of the experiences of women's birth trauma.

Assumptions Underlying the Study Articulated

The assumption that has been assumed in this phenomenological study is considered as that any of the human experiences which are divergent and essential structures that become the basis for the phenomenon, irrespective of the individual who actually experience it.

The Congruence of Assumptions and Data Collection Procedures

The assumptions used in this study and the data collection procedures are actually congruent with each other. The assumptions were viewed as an actual experience of the participants, who have actually gone through with the same phenomenons. The data collection procedure also followed a procedure of sampling that only included such participants who have actually faced the same situation.

Research Questions

This research focuses on finding the answer of the following question:

What is the essential structure of women's experiences of birth trauma?

Themes of the Study

This research work focused on basically four themes that actually identified and described the traumatic experiences of mothers while giving birth to their children. Following are the listed themes:

Source: Beck, C. (2007), “Birth trauma: In the eye of the beholder,” Nursing Research

Data Collection

The Data Collection Process

The data collection process for this study was descriptive phenomenon. Because, this study has taken into consideration the mothers who just gave the birth to their children's. The formal philosophical framework of descriptive phenomenology is generally credited to Edmund Husserl. Initial training of Husserl was about one of the disciplines of mathematics and natural sciences, but his interest turned to philosophy, when these subjects were unable to meet its searches related to understanding human and social issues. He believed that the use of the methods, which are used to study the natural sciences have been inadequate in the study of human interaction Husserl's phenomenology is proposed ...