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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"transition to motherhood"”.
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Antenatal education in the transition to motherhood
… relationship between antenatal education and the transition to motherhood, focusing on the pre-natal expectations and postnatal experiences of a small sample of first-time mothers in Plymouth. The aims of the study were 1) to investigate the style and content of statutory and voluntary sector …
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Transgressing the skin: a phenomenological study into the transition to motherhood.
The aim of this study was to illuminate the experience of early mothering for a small group of first-time mothers from the Southof England in 2001. Central to this were the detailed descriptions, as recounted by the women, of the way in which they gradually adapted to being mothers. In this …
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Making the Right Time: the transition to motherhood in contemporary Chile
… mothers. Prevalent studies on the timing of the transition to motherhood tend to neglect women’s views and experiences, provide disembedded and binary accounts of time and agency, and disregard an in-depth analysis of time. In this thesis, I draw on conceptual elements from sociology, the life …
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Transition to Motherhood-A Qualitative Study of Low Income Women's First Term Pregnancy Experiences
<p>Transitions are processes, occurring over a period of time, that involve a change in health, identity, relationships, and/or environments (Meleis et al., 2000). Pregnancy transitions are central to nursing, given the health, education and support needs of women and their families during this …
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Delayed motherhood : exploring expectations, anxieties and emotional impact of the transition to motherhood at mid-life (37+ years)
A qualitative study was conducted to explore the expectations, anxieties and emotional impact of eight women having their first child after the age of 37 years. The design used semi-structured interviews to collect data in two phases. The first were conducled when participants were in their third …
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A social constructivist grounded theory exploration into the impacts of infant sleeplessness on ‘normal’ experiences within the transition to motherhood
… The aims of this qualitative research were to explore a range of challenges encountered by mothers coping with infant sleep difficulties, and subsequent impacts on the transition to becoming a parent. The intention was twofold – to raise awareness amongst practitioner psychologists that …
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‘Being-in-the-world’ as a mother - hermeneutic-phenomenological exploration of lived experiences of eight new mothers’ transition to motherhood - within the theoretical frame of ‘four dimensions of existence’
Despite a raft of literature on the transition to motherhood, little research has focused on this as an ontological journey involving all Four Dimensions of Existence (van Deurzen, 1997). The aim of this study was therefore to phenomenologically explore, through semi-structured interviews, the …
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Transitions in life of mothers of young children
Past research on the transition to motherhood has neglected to relate this experience to other transitions in the life course. This qualitative study explored the transition to motherhood in relation to overall experiences and understandings of turning points in life, among mothers of young …
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Negotiating Gender Identity, Motherhood and Consumption: Examining the Experiences of South Asian Women in the UK
This exploratory study aims to understand the role of consumption for South Asian mothers living in the UK as they incorporate motherhood into their gender identities. Consumer research on motherhood suggests mothers’ consumption practices are intertwined with the dominant norms of good mothering …
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Exploration of childhood influences on the development of first-time mothers’ prenatal parenting expectations.
During the transition to motherhood, the woman is moving from seeking care from her own caregivers to also providing care to her own baby in the near future (i.e. she is becoming an attachment figure herself). This transition may, therefore, be triggering attachment insecurities for some pregnant …
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Examining trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms in relation to infant affect expression
… depression on early child development during the transition to motherhood. The present study explored trajectories of maternal depression from pregnancy through 2 years postpartum and their relation to infant affect expression. Data for the study were collected as part of a larger 5-panel …
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A narrative analysis of new mothers' experiences of not-understanding
… ‘not-understanding’, as they arose during the transition to motherhood. The secondary aim was to interrogate the role of narrative in such experiences. Existing models articulate automatic responses to meaning discrepancies, orders of meanings made, and measurements associated with the presence …
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Motherhood and Psychological Distress after Childbirth: A Thematic-Dialogical Analysis of Pakistani-Muslim Women’s Experiences
… illness known as postnatal depression. According to Western psychiatry the experience of postnatal depression is universal for all women, regardless of ethnicity, culture, and socio-economic status. However, these factors are important and do shape women’s lived experiences, understanding of …
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Holding two babies in mind: a narrative inquiry into the impact on a woman’s sense of self in the transition to twin motherhood
… Luke, 2000). However, there is little research into the experiences of mothers who transition to twin motherhood, despite this group being identified in quantitative research as potentially vulnerable (Choi et al. 2009; Hay et al, 1990; Sheard et al, 2007; Thorpe et al, 1991; Wenze et al, 2015). …
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The Construction of Self-identity and Positive Behavioural Change in Pregnant and Parenting Young Women
The purpose of this mixed method study was to investigate the relationship between the narrative construction of self-identity and positive change in antisocial behaviour in pregnant and parenting young women. It focused on two related aspects of identity development: (1) individuals’ …
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Mothers’ experiences of an assisted vaginal delivery
… experience a vaginal delivery assisted by ventouse and/or forceps. Such an experience has the potential to negatively influence the mother’s childbirth experience, which may in turn affect her psychological well-being and her future birth plans. A small scale study was carried out to explore …
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It's Not About Me: College Women and Unplanned Pregnancy
<p>The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of single college women who had an unplanned pregnancy while attending a small private four-year university in the upper midwest. The conceptual framework used to provide direction for this study was social constructivism. A …
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Women's perceptions of successful breastfeeding during the early stages of being a mother
… qualitative study, guided by Rubin's Model was to describe women's perceptions of successful breastfeeding during the early stages of being a mother. The transition to motherhood marks a time of great developmental change in a woman's life. Infant feeding is an important aspect of this …
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Predictors Of Psychosocial Adaptation To Pregnancy Among Urban African-American Primiparas
<p>Psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy among urban African-American women has not been well-researched. The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy and to explore relationships among socioeconomic status, experiences and frequency of discrimination, …
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Vulnerability and identity negotiation in childbirth: a narrative approach
… and policy support of the positive contributors to a woman’s birth experience and awareness of the lasting impact of her interpretation of the event, there is a distinct lack of acknowledgement in the childbirth literature of the woman’s exposure to a vulnerability characteristic of birth. I …
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