Despite impaired mother-child interactions noted in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there is no such information for their siblings. This study aimed to test whether the affected and unaffected siblings, like youth with ADHD, also encountered impaired mothering and mother-child relationships as compared to typically developing youth (TD). The sample consisted of 122 ...

Investigations were made into the genetics of temperament in Merino ewes, with emphasis on those aspects which might have associations with maternal behaviour and postnatal survival of lambs. A data set of over 2000 animals and more than 20,000 records was analysed for estimation of genetic parameters. The heritability of ewe mothering temperament was 0.39 ± 0.02, indicating a moderate genetic ...

The maternal representations as described by Stern (1995:171-190) are used in an extreme case to illustrate the link between depression and pathogenic maternal representations. The “motherhood constellation” focuses on the woman’s representation of her mother as mother-of-herself-as-child, herself-as-a-mother and her representations of her child. Depression impacts seriously and negatively on t...

Abstract Mothering a child who lives with disability, or congenital facial condition can impact quality of life. This appertains to relationships, isolation, and feelings exclusion, result in ongoing vigilance, grief, may be addressed via faith future hope. In this IPA study we explore the lived experience non-facially disfigured mother mothering her Living Facial Eye Disfigurement (LwFED). Sem...

Abstract Maternal gift-giving sustains life and creates positive human relations. Addressing important issues in the theory of language communication, Genevieve Vaughan associates mothering to free gift economy. A fundamental hypothesis is that maternal gift-giving, mothering/being-mothered forms a non-essentialist, but core process material verbal communication has been neglected by Western vi...

The challenges of balancing multiple roles motherhood and learning greatly impact student mothers’ academic success. Having obligations on top their responsibilities make undergraduate mothers unique. This uniqueness affects ability to compete academically with others. study used the role conflict theory adopted a mixed-method research design. It stratified simple random sampling technique. res...

New motherhood is mediated through the material world. In this liminal, vulnerable period of matrescence, consumption and interaction with objects co- constitutes mother her child. Material culture central to motherhood, as mothers negotiate preparation, mastery memorialisation their maternal role objects. While some are used once then discarded, other saved for longer periods, either by indivi...

In the framework of former West German government’s “guest worker” (Gastarbeiter) recruitment policy between 1955 and 1973, more than 11,000 South Korean nurses nurse assistants moved to Germany work in medical or nursing institutions fill a gap provision healthcare services as workers.” Drawing on personal accounts, current empirical study explores mothering practices primarily 1960s 1990s fam...