Ramona Mercer Flashcards
Maternal Role Attainment— Becoming a Mother Theory
1
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- has focused on the woman’s transition in
becoming a mother
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Maternal Role Attainment— Becoming a Mother Theory
2
Q
- Adolescents, older mothers, ill mothers, mothers
dealing with congenital defects, families
experiencing antepartal stress, parents at high
risk, mothers who had cesarean deliveries, and
fathers are included in her research
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Maternal Role Attainment— Becoming a Mother Theory
3
Q
- the mother becomes attached to her infant,
acquires competence in the caretaking tasks
involved in the role, and expresses pleasure and
gratification in the role.
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Maternal role attainment
4
Q
- internalized view of the self as a mother
- the mother experiences a sense of harmony,
confidence, and competence in how she
performs the role is the end point of maternal
role attainment
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Maternal identity
5
Q
- A woman’s perception of her performance
during labor and birth is her perception of the
birth experience (Mercer, 1990).
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Perception of Birth Experience
6
Q
- “an individual’s perception of how others view
oneself and self- acceptance of the perceptions”
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Self-Esteem
7
Q
- “The overall perception of self that includes selfsatisfaction, self-acceptance, self-esteem, and
congruence or discrepancy between self and
ideal self”
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Self-Concept (Self-Regard)
8
Q
- “__________ of childrearing attitudes increases
with increased development. Older mothers
have the potential to respond less rigidly to their
infants and to view each situation in respect to
the unique nuances”.
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Flexibility
9
Q
- are maternal attitudes or beliefs about child
rearing
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Child-Rearing Attitudes
10
Q
- is defined as “The mother’s and father’s
perception of their prior health, current health,
health outlook, resistance-susceptibility to
illness, health worry concern, sickness
orientation, and rejection of the sick role
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Health Status
11
Q
- “a trait in which there is specific proneness to
perceive stressful situations as dangerous or
threatening, and as a situation- specific state”
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Anxiety
12
Q
- “having a group of depressive symptoms and in
particular the affective component of the
depressed mood”
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Depression
13
Q
- Role strain is the conflict and difficulty felt by the
woman in fulfilling the maternal role obligation.
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Role Strain–Role Conflict
14
Q
- “the satisfaction, enjoyment, reward, or pleasure
that a woman experiences in interacting with her
infant, and in fulfilling the usual tasks inherent in
mothering.”
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Gratification-Satisfaction
15
Q
- It is viewed as a process in which an enduring
affectional and emotional commitment to an
individual is formed.
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Attachment
16
Q
- An easy versus a difficult temperament is related
to whether the infant sends hard-to-read cues,
leading to feelings of incompetence and
frustration in the mother
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Infant Temperament
