[The experience of uncertainty of fathers and mothers in the process of the announcement of cerebral palsy of their children]. / L'expérience de l'incertitude chez les pères et les mères dans le processus de l'annonce de la déficience motrice cérébrale de leur enfant.

ABSTRACT

This qualitative research shows differences and similarities between mother and father's experience of incertitude in the process of the announcement of the cerebral palsy and the adaptation strategies used. Interviews have been conducted with 17 parents (10 mothers and 7 fathers). Results of the research reveals three main triggering factors of incertitude incertitude in regards with the survival of the child, the unpredictability of the evolution of the child and the ambiguity of the information regarding the cerebral palsy Triggering factors of the incertitude are the same for both parents but their reactions towards the these factors and their way of coping with the situation vary.