Motherhood and Role Confidence in the Immediate Postpartum Period

Bang, Mi Ran; Lee, Jung Hee; Lee, Jee Ae; Jung, Jee Yun; Park, Se Young; An, Ok Sim; Park, Sook Hee; Kim, Young Hee

doi:2000.6.2.291

J Korean Acad Women Health Nurs > Volume 6(2); 2000 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing 2000;6(2):291-304.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2000.6.2.291 Published online June 14, 2013.

Motherhood and Role Confidence in the Immediate Postpartum Period

Mi Ran Bang¹, Jung Hee Lee¹, Jee Ae Lee¹, Jee Yun Jung¹, Se Young Park¹, Ok Sim An¹, Sook Hee Park², Young Hee Kim³

¹Senior Students, Department of Nursing, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
²Heda Nurse of OBGY, Dongguk University Medical Center, Goyang, Korea
³Full-Time Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Abstract

Being a mother is motherhood which means maternal role attainment and has to meet maternal identity and role confidence of caring infant. This study was designed to examine maternal identity as a motherhood and role confidence in the immediate postpartum period, and then explain the correlations of them. Data were collected for 2 months by questionnaires from 64 mothers in the hospital. The scales were to measure motherhood questionnaire which consisted of 11 items and role confidence questionnaire which consisted of 13 items. The analysis of data was done with SPSSWIN program for descriptive statistics and t-test, ANOVA, Multiple Regression Analysis. The results were as follows: 1. Mean score of maternal identity of primipara was 55.41 and multipara was 53.81. In this outcome primipara's score was higher than multipara's. 2.Mean score of role confidence of primipara was 44.0 and multipara was 46.81. Multipara's score was higher than primipara's. 3.Correlation between maternal identity and role confidence was r=0.29(P=0.03). This was a interesting result. Because many studies reported that primipara had a lower score of maternal identity and role confidence than multipara's. But this study showed that primipara's score of maternal identity was higher than multipara's. So nurse has to support primipara's identity as a mother, taking advantage of nursing intervention from prenatal to postnatal periods. Also nurse has to offer many opportunities to experience premiparas and multiparas how to care their infants.

Key Words: Immediate postpartum period ; Motherhood; Role Confidence