title: The relationship between social support and maternal behaviors and attitudes: a meta-analytic review.
abstract: Used meta-analysis to analyze 66 studies that evaluated the relationship between social support available to the mother and maternal behaviors and attitudes. Investigators sampled relatively homogeneous populations of white, middle-class, married mothers of young children without physical or mental disabilities. A variety of instruments were used to assess key study variables. Significant correlations existed between both emotional and material support and maternal behaviors. Implications of these findings for funding of family support programs and for professionals working with mothers are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois 60626.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Andresen
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Telleen
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support