u2+-+interview

**Research Question:** If a couple wait to have children after they get married, do they become more stressed about it when they actually decide to have a child?
 * __ Action Research Interview __**

**Hypothesis:** The sooner a couple have children after getting married, the less stressed they are about it.

**Research method:** Interview

**Process:** -Come up with questions for the interviews -Schedule time with both parents and grandparents to conduct interview -Get answers, analyze, and answer research question

**Materials:** -Question sheet and a pencil -Parents and grandparents to interview

**Participants:** **-**My parents and grandparents -Partially anonymous, known to people that know who my parents and grandparents are.

**Validity and Reliability:** -My parents and my grandparents married relatively young, for the most part -They all had children within 9 months to 2 years after they had gotten married -More interviews with a wider range in time after marriage and before children need to be conducted to gain more accurate information - both my parents and grandparents were interviewed at the same time. Not the best for interviews, but it was the only way it conveniently worked for everyone

** Data: ** Grandmother’s answers Mother’s answers

** Prenatal Development: ** No No  I read an entire parenting book No, I wasn’t really concerned No No  No, he didn’t really see a need for it  No, he thought it would be more harm than good The End End The last month was stressful I didn’t think about it No, not more stressed but more careful No About the same The same Yes, I couldn’t get comfortable Yes, I couldn’t sleep on my belly No I didn’t No, not at all
 * 1) Were you nervous during the pregnancy?
 * 1) Were you constantly doing research or asking questions?
 * 1) Did the thought of having a child unnerve you?
 * 1) Did your husband become over helpful? Why or why not?
 * 1) Were you more nervous at the end or the beginning?
 * 1) Overall, how unsettling was the whole experience?
 * 1) Did you become more stressed while doing other, everyday things?
 * 1) While doing routine things did you become stressed at the same rate? Faster? Slower?
 * 1) Did you have any issues sleeping? If yes, what kind of issues?
 * 1) Did you vent to people? If so, how often?

** Labor and Delivery ** Yes, because I almost didn’t get there. We also lived far away and there was a snow storm Yes, I was in pain It was such a whirlwind; I didn’t have time to think It should have been him. There would be no more after this Yes, he fed me ice chips and sat in the easy chair Yes but he left – he couldn’t take it No, it happened really fast Yes just because it took a long time Yes, if I had more time to think about everything No, I was stressed to the limit Didn’t – I guess I didn’t really feel like it. I asked a lot of questions Not at all No, I didn’t feel calm He paced He paced – right out the door No No, he wasn’t stressed I was relieved Relieved, there was no stress at all
 * 1) Were you tense when you went into the hospital? Why or why not?
 * 1) What were you thinking and/or feeling when you got in the hospital?
 * 1) Was your husband allowed into the room with you? What did he do?
 * 1) Did you become antsy the longer you waited?
 * 1) Do you think you could’ve been more stressed then you actually were? Why or why not?
 * 1) How often did you talk/vent to the staff?
 * 1) Did you feel calm at all when in the hospital?
 * 1) Did your husband sit patiently or was he pacing?
 * 1) Was your husband stressed out at all? If so, how severely?
 * 1) Exactly how did you feel when the child was born? Was there any stress what so ever?

** Nature vs. Nurture ** Stubbornness Bull headedness Yes Yes No No  No  No  Don’t know I’m not sure Natured – passed down Natured – the trait passes down generation to generation Yes, the more stress the more stubborn Yes, the person is more stubborn if the parent was more stressed Yes, the child would be affected more if there was more stress Yes I believe so. The more stress present the more of an effect there would be on the baby It’s not severe It is more like a raw determination rather than shear stubbornness Monkey see, monkey do They just are
 * 1) What kinds of behaviors are prevalent in our family?
 * 1) Are they natural for people in general?
 * 1) Are they unique for select people at all?
 * 1) Were they taught to the generations?
 * 1) How did these similar behaviors come to pass?
 * 1) Were the behaviors influenced by nature or nurture do you think? Why?
 * 1) Do you think the behavior would be affected by stress? Why or why not?
 * 1) Did your level of stress form being a pregnant effect this behavior? How?
 * 1) How severe is this behavior? What is it exactly?
 * 1) Why do you think these behaviors are present?

** Analysis: ** Everyone reacts differently to having a child; it just takes different environments to establish those different reactions. The behaviorism perspective in the Grand Theories in Psychology can explain the different behaviors people have when first starting a family. The outside forces that have an impact on people's behavior could literally be anything. Based on my interviews I have found that through the 9 months of development, things stayed quite calm. However, when going to the hospital the subjects started to feel more stressed and tense. It would seem that the hospital was a strong outside stimuli that would provoke different behaviors. Perhaps this is so because the realization of what is happening has finally settled as reality for the soon-to-be parents.

** Conclusion: ** From the data that has been gathered it can be found that, for the most part, young parents do not go through much stress during their pregnancies. In my hypothesis it stated that couples that have children immediately after marriage would be less stressed than the couples that pushed having children off for a few years. According to my interviews both seemed to keep a stress free demeanor during the months of prenatal development. If anything the couple that had the children immediately seemed a more careful and assertive. They were doing things such as informing themselves through the use of a parenting book. In my interviews I had also found that the couple that had waited seemed more stressed during the labor and delivery process than the couple that had children immediately. From that I also found that the timing of the births may have had a significant effect on this. Based on my interviews I think my hypothesis may have been slightly off. Although waiting does create stress for the couple, it may not be because having the children was pushed off a few years. The major leading cause of stress that I found was going in and having to stay in the hospital for a long period of time. This stress that was built up while waiting in the hospital may also play a significant part in the hereditary behavior of the child. From informal interviews, it would seem that the most common trait in my family is not influenced by nurture, but rather by nature. It also seems that the longer the mother was in the hospital the more stressed she was and the more stress she was the more pronounced that hereditary trait is. Just by observing my own family and knowing the amount of time my parents stayed in the hospital with each child I would have to say that 'the longer a soon-to-be mother stays in the hospital the more proclaimed the trait is' is true.