Balancing motherhood and drug addiction

The transition to parenthood of addicted mothers

Bibliographic Data

ID4229110
AuthorsSofia A Silva (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Portugal), António P Pires (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Portugal), António Pires (0000-0003-0023-7959), Cristina Guerreiro (0000-0002-8187-4142, Maternidade Alfredo da Costa, Portugal), Antónia Cardoso (Maternidade Alfredo da Costa, Portugal), Antonia Viviana De Carvalho Cardoso (Energias de Portugal (Portugal))
Year2013
Volume18
Issue3
Pages359-367
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105312443399
PMID22544158
OpenAlexW2000804149
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited18

This is a study about balancing motherhood and drug addiction, during the transition to parenthood. Few studies have dealt with the parental experience of drug-addicted mothers. The participants included 24 drug-addicted mothers, on methadone, with ages 25-42 and with children 1-32 months of age. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed according to Grounded Theory. The mothers' main concern was the ambivalence they felt towards pregnancy/motherhood and drug addiction, which was associated with strong feelings of guilt. Confronted with this ambivalence their maternal role becomes merely functional. They focus on providing the basic care to the child, but show little willingness to talk or play. Social support, especially from the partner seems to have a positive role

Addiction · Ambivalence · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Grounded theory · Methadone · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Social Psychology

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