Ninety four women and their first born children took part in a longitudinal study of maternal mental health during pregnancy and after delivery. The children's cognitive functioning was assessed at age 4 using the McCarthy scales, without knowledge of the mothers' psychiatric history or current health. As expected girls performed slightly better than boys and children from middle class and prof...

conclusions based on the path analysis model, working condition and socioeconomic status directly and indirectly influence birth weight. thus, as well as attention to treatment and health care (biological aspect), special attention must also be paid to mothers’ socioeconomic factors. results the final path model fitted well (cfi =1, rmsea=0.00) and showed that among direct paths, working condit...

The authors examined the association between maternal childhood abuse and the frequency of providing social support to mothers when the victim is an adult and investigated the mediating effects of internal working models (self-esteem, positive relations with others) and maladaptive coping. Using data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States II, they analyzed a sample...

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece March 2020 caused many changes daily life. Mothers’ duties increased dramatically during pandemic, as external childcare support was practically non-existent. Working mothers had to manage their different roles and identities at same time, with teleworking becoming mandatory. This article aims understand how contemporary working conceptualize “good m...

Lone mothers may have several difficulties taking up employment, especially if they live in a country where parents receive little support to reconcile work and family life. Under such circumstances, is it better to work in order to raise one’s income, even if life is more stressful, or to withdraw from the labour force? What is the association between employment and health? This is the questio...

Primiparous mothers will experience various breastfeeding problems because it is the first experience, especially for working mothers. Therefore, they need to get support from their families, mainly grandmothers. This study aims analyze correlation between grandmother's and exclusive primiparous working. study, conducted in Arjowinangun Community Health Center coverage area, Malang, used a cros...

Background: Some of the working mothers use child day care center (CDCC) for their children to reduce mental stress. This study was designed assess association between stress and use. Methods: comparative cross sectional conducted among 106 whom 53 were CDCC users non-users from January December, 2019. Data collected by face interview a semi-structured questionnaire. Mental estimated Perceived ...