Maternal identity of women in the postpartum period

• Authors: Maria B. Perun
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The articleprovides a theoretical analysis of the notions of “maternity”, “maternal sphe-re”, “maternal role” and “maternal identity”. The place of maternal identity in the system of a woman’s identities is determined. This article provides a brief description of the structural elements (cognitive, emotional, behavioural and axiological) of maternal identity. It also em-phasizes the signifi cance of the postpartum period in a women’s psychic life and stresses its pivotal role in the development of maternal identity. Finally, the article points out some peculiarities of maternal identity of full-term and pre-term mothers.

Keywords

EN

maternal identity, postpartum period, stages of maternity, full term infants, preterm infants

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 95-105

Dates

published

2020-01-11

Contributors

author

Maria B. Perun

• Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Ukraine

Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20131.95.105