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"It's Hard Being a Mama": Validation of the Maternal Distress Concept in Becoming a Mother.
- Source :
- Journal of Perinatal Education; Winter2019, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p28-42, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- New mothers actively adapt to new demands and challenges in the mothering role but some may find this adjustment difficult and distressing, depending on their perceptions and resources. Previous research on maternal distress is primarily concentrated on needs of mothers with depression but nonpathological approaches of viewing difficulties in early parenting should be explored. A secondary analysis of a descriptive, qualitative study was completed on new, low-income mothers in early parenthood to determine how maternal distress influences mothers' transition to becoming a mother and to validate the use of the Maternal Distress Concept in the clinical setting. Findings reveal new mothers experience maternal distress on various levels: stress, adaptation, functioning, and connecting. Implications for practice and education are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MOTHERHOOD & psychology
ADAPTABILITY (Personality)
CONCEPTS
CONTENT analysis
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
METROPOLITAN areas
MOTHERHOOD
STATISTICAL sampling
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
QUALITATIVE research
SECONDARY analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
SOCIAL learning theory
ATTITUDES of mothers
CROSS-sectional method
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10581243
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Perinatal Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134987980
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.28.1.28