Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy Seven Dimensions of Maternal Ro
Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy: Seven Dimensions of Maternal Role Development Regina Lederman, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Karen L. Weis, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base TX The links between a pregnant woman’s p
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Regina Lederman
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Karen Weis
Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy Seven Dimensions of Maternal Role Development Third Edition
Regina Lederman University of Texas Galveston, TX USA [email protected] [email protected]
Karen Weis United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks-City Base TX, USA [email protected] [email protected]
1st Ed., Prentice Hall - November 1984 2nd Ed., Churchill Livingstone (Springer Publishing) - 1 Mar 1996
ISBN 978-1-4419-0287-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0288-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0288-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009933092 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The subject of this book is the psychosocial development of gravid women, both primigravid and multigravid women. Seven personality dimensions, or developmental challenges, are discussed and intended to serve as a guide for understanding and assessing the gravidas’ adaptation to pregnancy and expectant parenthood. The book is an outgrowth of research projects1 that investigated the relationship of maternal psychosocial adaptation in pregnancy to maternal anxiety and labor progress during childbirth, to prenatal and parturition obstetric complications, to newborn birthweight, and to maternal and infant postpartum adaptation. Verbatim statements made by the women who participated in the study are used throughout the text to provide examples of good and poor adaptation for each dimension. The excerpts from prenatal interviews illustrate specific conflicts and fears, as well as methods used to cope with them, which are also indicative of levels of adaptation. The chapters have been expanded to incorporate recent literature and research results in the analysis and interpretation of interview statements, with examples of good, moderate, and low maternal adaptation for each dimension. The items on interview schedules and on a subsequently developed questionnaire were specifically designed to assess the universal aspects of each personality dimension. Questionnaire scales to assess the prenatal dimensions have consistently produced reliable and valid results over time in different cultures, socioeconomic classes, and family constel
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