The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a structured parenting skills training intervention can improve maternal parenting self-efficacy, perceived social support, and infant developmental outcomes in mothers of preterm infants aged 6-12 months (corrected age).
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does a parenting skills training intervention improve maternal parenting self-efficacy?
Does the intervention increase mothers' perceived social support and positively influence infant developmental levels?
Researchers will compare mothers who receive the parenting skills training intervention with a control group receiving standard care to determine whether the intervention leads to greater improvements in maternal and infant outcomes.
Participants will:
Complete baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up assessments of parenting self-efficacy and perceived social support
Have their infants assessed using standardized developmental evaluation tools
Participate in a structured, home-based parenting skills training program consisting of multiple sessions (intervention group only)
Take part in semi-structured interviews before and after the intervention to share their experiences and perceived needs
For Mothers Being able to read and write in Turkish Providing written informed consent Having a preterm infant with a corrected age between 6 and 12 months Not having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
For Infants Being born preterm between week of 32 and 37 Not presenting any neurological or other conditions Having a corrected age between 6 and 12 months
For Mothers Having any neurological, musculoskeletal and psychiatric diagnosis to effect the caregiving role
For Infants Use of multiple daily medications Hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for longer than 2 months