Men's experience of first fatherhood discovery: a descriptive study based on free hierarchical evocation by associative networks.

: Men's experiences of first-fatherhood discovery differ widely with various circumstances; they were examined according to the intended/unintended occurrence of partner's pregnancy.: An Associative Network study targeted 44 first-time fathers and analysed their reactions to a stimulus-sentence 'In the first days after pregnancy announcement … ': Word-associations formed 19 themes and 5 metathemes. The main metathemes were Emotional (30%), Cognitive (27%) and Relational (23%).