This study explores the role of cortisol and early life experiences in the regulation of maternal behavior and mood in teen and adult mothers. Primiparous mothers (n=119) (teen mothers < 19 years, n=42), young mothers (19-25 years, n= 4), and mature mothers, (>25 years, n=43) were assessed for their maternal behavior, mood, and hormonal profile at approximately 6 weeks postpartum. Outcome measu...

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...

Title of Document: FAMILY STRUCTURE DIFFERENCES IN MATERNAL TIME WITH CHILDREN: DISPARATE SOCIAL STRUCTURAL LOCATIONS OR DIFFERENT PROPENSITIES TOWARDS MOTHERING? Sarah M. Kendig, M.A., 2007 Directed By: Professor and Chair, Suzanne M. Bianchi, Sociology Utilizing the 2003 and 2004 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), this thesis examines the relationship between family structure and maternal time ...

This study theorizes why full-time working women with partners and school-age children deploy talk of maximal irreplaceable maternal care. The concept presenteeism frames women's personal beliefs, perceptions, ambitions as subject to normative pressures associated intensive mothering a postfeminist sensibility. accounts 20 who combine motherhood professional work are analyzed using thematic ana...

Over 125,000 women immigrate to Canada yearly-most in their childbearing years and many having given birth before immigrating. We sought to (1) examine the background characteristics and mental health profile of women separated from their children due to migration and subsequently giving birth in Canada ("dual-country (DC) mothers") and (2) contrast these with those of "non-dual-country" migran...

OBJECTIVE We sought to identify which aspects of motherhood are difficult for mothers who have scleroderma along with variables associated with mothering. METHOD Participants were 75 mothers with scleroderma with a child between birth and 18 years old living with them. They completed the Parent Disability Index (PDI); a demographic questionnaire; and measures of pain, fatigue, and activity li...

Representations of motherhood are rare on Athenian painted pottery from the fifth century BC. This lack representation is surprising given producing and caring for children was one a woman’s key duties in ancient society, other evidence demonstrates close bonds women had with their children, especially infants who were all more need care attention. In this article we explore entangled lives mot...

Based on ethnographic research regarding public policy and grassroots organizing for midwifery in Virginia, this article explores how medical discourses around appropriate health care practices intersect with state discourses about what practices are considered "respectable" versus "pathological" for its citizens. In recent legislative debates about the legalization of direct-entry midwifery, m...