title: Anxiety of women employees and the process of maternal role.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Regarding the social and economic changes and developments, the increasing presence of working women in the present society and their important role in the family, paying more attentions to the importance of maternal role among working women who face multiple roles seems to be necessary. Hence, the process of maternal role among working women has been investigated in this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The grounded theory approach is used in this qualitative research. In-depth and unstructured interviews were the main way in collecting the data. Initially, the targeted sampling was started and continued gradually to the data saturation, in the form of theoretical sampling based on the obtained classes. The data was analyzed using Strauss and Corbin analysis. Accuracy and validity by four criteria in this study included: Credibility, dependability, Confirmable potential, Transferability or Fittingness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data analysis led to the identification of the core variable of role conflict. The main classes of occupied mothers' experiences included: different pregnancy experience, returning concerns, supportive umbrella, role assignation, role overlap, role strain, gradual acceptance, satisfaction and erosion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The acceptance of numerous roles such as maternal and marital roles by working women creates various role expectations of them from their children, spouses, family and the society which in turn forces them to meet both family and job requirements and expectations; This causes role conflict in working mothers and endure a lot of pressure and stress, that can influences of mental and physical health of the mothers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansoureh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmadifaraz
authors.forename: Azam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Foroughipour
authors.forename: Heidarali
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abedi
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azarbarzin
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.forename: Rokhsareh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meamar
keywords: Anxiety; Grounded Theory; maternal role; women