1994 Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 25-38
This study was intended to examine the relations between the development of mothers' perceived maternity and their child’s development. Here, images of children and the present situation of rearing practices, and the process of changes in the feeling during pregnancy were measured and analyesed in 148 mother with one child each. The main results were as follows:
1) In mothers with a child under 1 year each, positive image were doinant. On the other hand, mothers of a 1-4 year child each tended to have ambivalent images.
2) Mothers with a 0-2 year child each tended to have troubles with their child's habit in daily life, while mothers with a 3-4 year child each tended to have troubles with their child's personality. And most mothers tended to find an opportunity to aquire self-confidence as a mother in rearing practices.
3) Mothers were divided into 3 groups by the way they felt when the fact was turned out that they had become pregnant: pleased-mothers (group-P), worried-mothers (group-W), and ambivalent (pleased and worried)-mothers (group-A). When changes in physical conditions and figure due to pregnancy ocurred, mothers in group P and A tended to be glad. And mothers in group W and A tended to fell uneasy then. When they met their child for the first time after childbirth, most mothers tended to be glad. But mothers in Group W seemed to fell easier than the others.
