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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"First-time mothers"”.
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Singing Motherhood: First time mothers' experiences singing to their infants
<p>Mothers have sung to their children for centuries. Because singing provides an opportunity for self-expression and connection with others, understanding how first time mothers experience this age old practice might help us understand how singing facilitates a woman's developing relationship with …
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Trauma Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress, And Depression In A Community Sample Of First-Time Mothers
… study of a diverse community sample of 1581 first-time mothers was undertaken. Multinomial logistic regression and receiver-operator growth curve modeling were used to test the study hypotheses. Results from the analyses broadly supported the hypotheses, finding differences in the kinds of …
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COPING WITH MOTHERHOOD: THE ROLE OF MOBILE PHONES FOR FIRST TIME MOTHERS IN SINGAPORE
This study endeavours to understand first-time mothers’ (FTMs) use of the mobile phone, and of how it impacts Singaporean FTMs’ experience of motherhood. Subsequently, this study adopted Skinner and colleagues’ (2003) coping strategies of distraction, problem solving, support seeking, avoidance and …
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Exploration of childhood influences on the development of first-time mothers’ prenatal parenting expectations.
… style) on parental expectations during the first trimester of pregnancy (represented by the desire to have children (DTC), perceived ability to relate to children (PARC), meaning associated with motherhood, and preoccupations regarding becoming a mother). A sample of 100 Spanish first-time …
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Maternal Guilt: An Existential Phenomenological Study of the Early Experiences of First-Time Mothers
… of the experiences of maternal guilt of five first-time mothers with infant children. Maternal guilt is a powerful, pervasive, and complex phenomenon that effects and is experienced by mothers in different ways. This research explores the experiences of these five mothers in feeling guilt …
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Motherhood in Crisis: A Qualitative Study of First-Time Mothers Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
… pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) on a first-time mother’s identity. What effects does life-threatening illness have on the development of maternal identity and connection? This question was explored with a sample of six mothers via semi-structured interview and self-report measure with …
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Labour and birth information needs of first time mothers in Malawi and satisfaction with information received
Giving labour and birth information to first time mothers is one of the challenges facing the midwives in Malawi. There are many underlying health and soeioeconomic problems facing the people of Malawi particularly mothers in the child bearing age because of inadequate human and material resources …
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The Impact of a Home-Based Intervention Program on Maternal Reflective functioning in First-Time Mothers
… was hypothesized that the reflective capacity of mothers who received the MTB intervention would increase over the course of the study, and that this increase would be reflected in the quality of their responses to clinical interviews administered before and after birth. The guiding premise of the …
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Mothering and Anxiety: An Evaluation of the Anxiety Levels of First-time Mothers in Rural Kentucky and Rural Michigan
… ANXIETY: AN EVALUATION OF THE ANXIETY LEVELS OF FIRST-TIME MOTHERS IN RURAL KENTUCKY AND RURAL MICHIGAN MAJOR PROFESSORS: Dr. Kimemia and Dr. Champe Postpartum depression is thoroughly addressed in professional literature, whereas anxiety in first-time mothers is generally addressed as a …
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The role of identity integration for the career commitment and managerial aspirations of first-time mothers: Examining antecedents, mechanisms, and moderators
… suggested that women’s dual-identity concerns as mothers and professionals may contribute to them ‘opting out’ of management roles, it offers little explanation for how the relationship between these two identities influences women’s career attitudes. Using a cross-domain identity transition …
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"Motherhood brings Joy and Happiness", Discourses of the Ideal Mother in South Africa
… dominant discourses by examining the discourses mothers draw on when describing mothering. First-time mothers who attended perinatal care in public healthcare centres are often faced with interventions like the First 1000 Days of Life Campaign drawn from the Global North. Using Thematic Discourse …
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"Motherhood brings Joy and Happiness", Discourses of the Ideal Mother in South Africa
… dominant discourses by examining the discourses mothers draw on when describing mothering. First-time mothers who attended perinatal care in public healthcare centres are often faced with interventions like the First 1000 Days of Life Campaign drawn from the Global North. Using Thematic Discourse …
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Maternal Health-Seeking Behaviour: A Qualitative Research Project
… behaviours contained in the stories of 14 first-time mothers during the first twelve months of their infant’s life when they were concerned for their child’s health. The aim of this study was to understand how first-time mothers learn to seek help or advice and how, through this learning, …
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Toward a reconceptualization of paternal involvement in infancy: The role of maternal gatekeeping
… strategy: (a) a large sample survey of 330 first-time mothers (married) of 3- to 5-month old infants and a subsample of 110 husbands and (b) observational analyses of a subsample of 55 families engaged in triadic and dyadic interactions in their homes.
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The warm glow of motherhood; exploring the moods of new mothers through imagery
… The purpose of this research was to explore first-time mothers' experiences through the lens of a creative existential framework to provide a deeper understanding of emotion and mood in this period. Eight first-time mothers, with babies between the age of 6-18 months at the time of …
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Parity and mothers' knowledge of infant development
… development of primiparous and multiparous mothers when the mothers' level of education was controlled. The conceptual framework of experiential learning was tested. The nonrandom sample of 54 mothers was comprised of first-time mothers and third- or subsequent-time mothers. The level of …
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Parental bonding: Validity, stability and predictor of mental and physical health during pregnancy
… relationships may be particularly strong in mothers who are pregnant with their first child. In this study, these emotional bonds were explored using the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), a retrospective and quantitative measure of parental bonding. The PBI has not been validated in a …
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Maternal Sensitivity to Infant Cues: The Effects of Learning Infant Massage
… in an infant massage class would improve a first mother’s ability to recognize her infant’s communication cues. A quasi-experimental research design was utilized. A convenience sample of first time mothers aged 20 to 45 years with infants aged 2 to 6 months was screened. Data were analyzed …
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The effect of social media pregnancy support groups on expectant mothers.
… health-related information, including expectant mothers. While internet can help pregnant women gather information about each stage of the pregnancy, online searches and behaviors that are motivated by a woman's need for reassurance about herself or her pregnancy may reinforce anxiety. The main …
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