The reactions to child‐bearing and early maternal experience of women with differing marital relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9617451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary T Westbrook (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-199 |
| Publication date | 1978-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1978.tb02463.x |
| PMID | 646964 |
| OpenAlex | W2168594006 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The type of marital relationships of 200 women was significantly associated with their attitudes toward child‐bearing and their affective reactions, as measured by the application of twelve content analysis scales to their retrospective accounts of a child‐bearing year. Positive marital relationships were linked with calmer reactions. Self‐oriented relationships were characterized by mutilation anxiety. In ambivalent and negative relationships early separation anxiety and hostility occurred but only the negative group continued in crisis after birth. Women with positive and ambivalent relationships expressed greater maternal warmth
Ambivalence · Anxiety · Child bearing · Developmental psychology · Hostility · Marital relationship · Marital status · Psychiatry · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2015 (37) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |