women,religous and motherhood

women, motherhood and religiousness

attitude toward motherhood among societies has changed over time and fertility rates have decreased. mothering and motherhood are rapidly expanding subjects of the literature of the context. a set of these studies has a more macro focus in terms of origins of motherhood and how it is manifested in practice. in the current research, based on parson's general theory of action (a.g.i.l), moth...

Motherhood and memory: a review.

This paper reviews the literature on intellectual change during and following pregnancy in humans. Whilst much has been written in an impressionistic way, this area has received little serious scientific attention, and at the beginning of the twenty first century considerable gaps in our knowledge remain. Targets for future research are suggested. The second part of the paper reviews the comple...

Late motherhood and cesarean delivery.

Over recent decades there has been a considerable increase in the mean age at which mothers in the industrialized world give birth to their first child. For example, since 1990 in the USA, the number of pregnant women aged 45–49 years has increased 190% w2x. Similarly, there is intense debate on the increasing proportion of cesarean deliveries; however, there is little recognition of the connec...

Motherhood, apple pie, and COPC.

Young Motherhood and Child Outcomes

The opinions, comments and/or analysis expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs or the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and cannot be taken in any way as expressions of Government policy. This paper...

Adolescent motherhood and postpartum depression.

Adolescent mothers undergo unique personal and social challenges that may contribute to postpartum functioning. In this exploratory investigation completed within a risk and resilience framework, 149 adolescent mothers, ages 15 to 19, who participated in school-based teen parents' programs, completed measures of parental stress (social isolation and role restriction), maternal competence, weigh...