Assessing postpartum adjustment. A pilot study.
Utilizing crisis theory, the stages of growth and development, and a theory of role transition and enactment, a series of questionnaires was developed as a clinical tool to study women's adaptation to motherhood during six weeks postpartum. The tool was tested on six women. Results suggest that the postpartum is indeed a critical period of identity reformation and role transition. Theories are developed for a framework, and a timetable for nursing intervention is given.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D012380:Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires