Individual differences in maternal behavior are affected by both early life experiences and oxytocin, but little is known about genetic variation in oxytocin genes and its effects on mothering. We examined two polymorphisms in the oxytocin peptide gene OXT (rs2740210 and rs4813627) and one polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene OXTR (rs237885) in 187 Caucasian mothers at six months postpart...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of transnational Latina mothers who immigrated to the United States without legal documentation or their children. DESIGN The study used a qualitative approach to collect data from eight transnational Latina mothers from South Florida during the summer of 2009. METHODS Data were collected using open-ended questions in one-on-o...

The usefulness of genetic progress for litter size in pig breeding is limited by mothering ability and piglets survival. It is a critical aspect for breeds used as dam lines, in which litter weight (LW) at weaning could be an alternative selection goal. Our objective was to investigate the genetic basis of LW at 21days for the six first parities in 1,449 Iberian sows with available records from...

Despite impaired mother-child interactions noted in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there is no such information for their siblings. This study aimed to test whether the affected and unaffected siblings, like youth with ADHD, also encountered impaired mothering and mother-child relationships as compared to typically developing youth (TD). The sample consisted of 122 ...

Investigations were made into the genetics of temperament in Merino ewes, with emphasis on those aspects which might have associations with maternal behaviour and postnatal survival of lambs. A data set of over 2000 animals and more than 20,000 records was analysed for estimation of genetic parameters. The heritability of ewe mothering temperament was 0.39 ± 0.02, indicating a moderate genetic ...

The maternal representations as described by Stern (1995:171-190) are used in an extreme case to illustrate the link between depression and pathogenic maternal representations. The “motherhood constellation” focuses on the woman’s representation of her mother as mother-of-herself-as-child, herself-as-a-mother and her representations of her child. Depression impacts seriously and negatively on t...

Abstract Mothering a child who lives with disability, or congenital facial condition can impact quality of life. This appertains to relationships, isolation, and feelings exclusion, result in ongoing vigilance, grief, may be addressed via faith future hope. In this IPA study we explore the lived experience non-facially disfigured mother mothering her Living Facial Eye Disfigurement (LwFED). Sem...

Abstract Maternal gift-giving sustains life and creates positive human relations. Addressing important issues in the theory of language communication, Genevieve Vaughan associates mothering to free gift economy. A fundamental hypothesis is that maternal gift-giving, mothering/being-mothered forms a non-essentialist, but core process material verbal communication has been neglected by Western vi...