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Relationships between stated feelings and measures of maternal adjustment
1University of Washington, School of Nursing, Department of Parent and Child Nursing, Seattle 98195.
Nurses need to identify those women who are experiencing difficulties with maternal-role transition. A study was conducted in which the relationships between women's self-reported feelings during the postpartum period and scores from observational and paper-and-pencil measures of maternal adjustment were explored. The results indicated that self-descriptions of negative physical feelings were related to scores indicating less mothering capability. Self-descriptions of negative emotional feelings were related to poorer relationships with husbands, less life satisfaction, and less support for the maternal role.
Nurses need to identify those women who are experiencing difficulties with maternal-role transition. A study was conducted in which the relationships between women's self-reported feelings during the postpartum period and scores from observational and paper-and-pencil measures of maternal adjustment were explored. The results indicated that self-descriptions of negative physical feelings were related to scores indicating less mothering capability. Self-descriptions of negative emotional feelings were related to poorer relationships with husbands, less life satisfaction, and less support for the maternal role.