Relationship between positive self-recognition of maternal role and psychosocial factors in Japanese mothers with severe mental illness.
Mothers with mental illness have positive self-recognition of maternal role (PM), and it is important for parenting. The purpose of this study was to determine the psychosocial factors related to the PM. We recruited a total of 74 women diagnosed as having schizophrenia or mood disorders according to the DSM-IV-TR and who had minor children. Participant completed devaluation-discrimination measure, The social support questionnaire, self-efficacy for community life scale (SECL), parenting stress-short form scale (PS-SF), and Acceptance of maternal role scale. To identify factors predicting the PM, we utilized hierarchical regression analysis. The variables in all blocks explained 53% of the variance in the PM. In the final model, 'hard' living conditions (β = -0.31, P < 0.05), SECL (β = 0.34, P < 0.01) and PS-SF (β = -0.45, P < 0.01) were significant predictors of the PM. Our result indicates that psychosocial approach could enhance the PM.
Ueno
Rie
R
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, National College of Nursing, 1-2-1, Umezono, Kiyose, Tokyo, 204-0024, Japan. uenor@adm.ncn.ac.jp
Kamibeppu
Kiyoko
K
D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires