title: Mother-daughter relationships expressed in the food context of postpartum convalescence --- findings from a preliminary study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore mother-daughter interaction as represented by provision of food during the traditional month-long postpartum convalescence. The clinical field research method was employed. A convenience sample of three pairs of mothers and postpartum daughters were recruited from a medical center. Data from recorded interviews were analyzed. Content analysis was applied to analyze the interaction between the mothers and daughters. The study demonstrated that the mothers exhibited caring behavior toward their daughters during this period. The postpartum daughters reacted to their mothers with approach, nostalgia, and appreciation behaviors. The results of this study deserve the cognitive recognition of nurses, so that they can be aware of and respect the indigenous beliefs and practices that link the events of childbearing, the health status of women, and family relationships especially between the woman and her own mother in order to provide better maternity care for postpartum women.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Professional Nurse, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. kai@ms2.mmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Sheng-Fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Tien
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003289:Convalescence / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009042:Motivation; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000208:ethnology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan