[A study of various causes of influence on inter-child emotions--from a survey conducted on postpartum mothers]

Ayumi Anan1, Yumiko Takeyama, Yuki Nagamatsu

  • 1Department of Clinical Nursung, School of Health Sciences, University of Occpational and Environmental Health, Japan, Yahatanisi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.

Journal of UOEH
|December 20, 2005
PubMed

This research was conducted as a self-reporting anonymous survey of 185 postpartum mothers in hospitals in order to clarify the causes of influence on the inter-child emotions of mothers, who are usually the main fosterers of the child. SPSS 12.0 J for Windows was used for statistical analysis, and the relationship between points of inter-child emotion and each questioned item was analyzed with Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test. As a result, the following causes of influence on inter-child emotions were found: the existence of a key person, having a concrete birth plan during pregnancy, that it was a desired pregnancy, and that the mother was satisfied with her delivery. From this result, the following supports are thought to be important to realize: the importance of puberty education or contraception counseling, the establishment of a support system for mothers, and consistent support during pregnancy to postpartum at medial institutions where parturition is carried out.

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