The prenatal video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting for expectant fathers (VIPP-PRE): Two case studies

Noor de Waal, Kim Alyousefi-van Dijk, Renate S.M. Buisman, Martine W.F.T. Verhees*, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

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Abstract

Although parenting interventions including expectant fathers are scarce, they yield promising results. The Prenatal Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting (VIPP-PRE) is a recently developed intervention, that is both manualized and personalized, aiming to enhance paternal sensitivity and involvement before the birth of the baby. Illustrating the intervention process, the current study presents two case studies of expectant fathers receiving VIPP-PRE (clinical trial registration NL62696.058.17). The VIPP-PRE program is described along with the individual dyads’ prenatal video fragments and feedback specific for each father-fetus dyad. In addition, changes in paternal sensitivity and involvement levels are presented, as well as fathers’ and intervener's evaluation of the intervention. VIPP-PRE promises to be a feasible short-term and potentially effective parenting intervention for expectant fathers. Currently, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is under review that systematically investigates the efficacy of the VIPP-PRE. Here we aim to provide further information on the intervention process, as well as fathers’ and intervener's evaluations of this process, and the benefits of using ultrasound imaging in a parenting intervention.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)730-743
Number of pages14
JournalInfant Mental Health Journal
Volume43
Issue number5
Early online date1 Aug 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thank Prof. Dr. Marinus van IJzendoorn for his support in various stages of the study. In addition, the authors thank Prof. Femmie Juffer for her contributions to the VIPP-PRE protocol, Verloskundig Centrum De Poort in Leiden, the Netherlands, for offering their services for the prenatal ultrasounds, Ashwina Kesarlal, MSc, for her contribution to data collection and data curation, and Lieuwke Zwerver, MSc, for contributing to the study as a VIPP-PRE intervener alongside the first and second authors. This study was supported by the European Research Council [grant AdG 669249, 2015] awarded to Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg.

Funding Information:
The authors thank Prof. Dr. Marinus van IJzendoorn for his support in various stages of the study. In addition, the authors thank Prof. Femmie Juffer for her contributions to the VIPP‐PRE protocol, Verloskundig Centrum De Poort in Leiden, the Netherlands, for offering their services for the prenatal ultrasounds, Ashwina Kesarlal, MSc, for her contribution to data collection and data curation, and Lieuwke Zwerver, MSc, for contributing to the study as a VIPP‐PRE intervener alongside the first and second authors. This study was supported by the European Research Council [grant AdG 669249, 2015] awarded to Marian Bakermans‐Kranenburg.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Infant Mental Health Journal published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.

Keywords

  • father
  • intervention
  • involvement
  • prenatal
  • sensitivity
  • video-feedback

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