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Journal articles on the topic "Motherhood Social aspects Australia"
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Gajewski, Mariusz. "Social and personal aspects of single motherhood: pedagogical and social contexts." Problemy Opiekuńczo-Wychowawcze 591, no. 6 (June 1, 2020): 49–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1536.
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The article addresses the issue of single motherhood for women in individual, social and pedagogical aspects. The personality and social conditions of single motherhood were analysed. Two main contexts of experiencing motherhood by contemporary women were pointed out, which are social norms and cultural patterns as well as individual, intrapsychic conditions of perceiving oneself as a mother. Social references and pedagogical conditions of single motherhood were shown. It was pointed out that the way women experience motherhood depends to a large extent on family, professional, colleague situations and random events. While discussing the issues of loneliness and solitude, the pedagogical aspect of this phenomenon and the multitude of possible attitudes and references to motherhood experienced were pointed out. The article indicates that social expectations for single mothers imply how women perceive their motherhood and how it affects the pedagogical dimension of its implementation. Motherhood as a conscious decision of a woman and as an undesirable state, as a consequence of events over which the woman-mother has no influence – these are other versions of motherhood described and analysed in the article. The article ends with considerations on the pedagogical dimension of the implementation of motherhood, and therefore on the role and place of children and family as the closest environment of women-mothers. The final part also indicates the need for institutional support for single mothers and their families.
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Rudzinskaya, T. F. "Social and Psychological Aspects of the Phenomenon of Parenthood." Izvestiya of Saratov University. New Series. Series: Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology 1, no. 4 (2012): 62–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.18500/2304-9790-2012-1-4-62-65.
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The article deals with socio-psychological characteristics of the components of the phenomenon of parenthood: fatherhood and motherhood. The analysis of the major challenges of fatherhood and motherhood in contemporary society; indicate the social and psychological causes of the crisis of parenthood in contemporary society.
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Davletshina, L. A., and M. V. Karmanov. "SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD AS AN OBJECT OF STATISTICAL RESEARCH." Vestnik Universiteta, no. 7 (September 7, 2020): 176–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2020-7-176-183.
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Arguments, justifying the necessity of detailed research of surrogate motherhood, as a phenomenon actively developing, but without uniform approaches of legal and statistical assessment, have been presented. The historical reference characterizing the object of the study has been given, modern interpretation of the concept of “surrogate motherhood” has been presented. The social roles of surrogate motherhood have been outlined. The issues that characterize surrogate motherhood as an object of applied research have been considered and systematized The positive and negative aspects of surrogate motherhood have been assessed, number of problems arising in key social and psychological planes has been designated. The existing approaches and indicators for displaying the situation in the field of surrogate motherhood have been analysed. An original approach to quantifying the prevalence of surrogate motherhood has been proposed.
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Craig, Lyn, Judith E. Brown, and Jiweon Jun. "Fatherhood, Motherhood and Time Pressure in Australia, Korea, and Finland." Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 27, no. 2 (March 15, 2019): 312–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxz006.
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Abstract Using nationally representative Time Use Surveys from Australia, Korea, and Finland (n = 19,127 diaries) we examine how parenthood and the age of the youngest child are associated with the recuperative activities of leisure and sleep, the productive activities of market and nonmarket work, and with subjective time stress. Time stress differences by fatherhood are greatest for Finns and least for Koreans; time stress differences by motherhood are absent for Finns and high for Australians and Koreans. Results of the comparative analysis suggest that social policy and average national working hours produce different gendered gaps in both objective and subjective time stress among parents.
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Rokach, Ami. "GIVING LIFE: LONELINESS, PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 32, no. 7 (January 1, 2004): 691–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2004.32.7.691.
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This study examined the qualitative aspects of loneliness that pregnant women and mothers during the first year after childbirth experience. These were compared to the loneliness of women in the general population. Ninety-one pregnant women, 97 women during the first year following childbirth, and 208 women from the general population answered a 30-item questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised five qualitative dimensions of loneliness, namely Emotional distress, Social inadequacy and alienation, Growth and discovery, Interpersonal isolation, and Self-alienation. Although the literature indicates that pregnancy and motherhood are replete with loneliness, the present study found that those two groups had lower mean subscale scores than did women of the general population.
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Noble, Grant. "SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TELEPHONE USE IN AUSTRALIA." Prometheus 9, no. 1 (June 1991): 122–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08109029108631909.
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Ko, Dorothy. "THE CREATION OF PATRIARCHY IN JAPAN: WAKITA HARUKO'S “WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN” FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE." International Journal of Asian Studies 5, no. 1 (January 2008): 87–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1479591407000939.
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AbstractWakita Haruko. Women in Medieval Japan: Motherhood, Household Management and Sexuality. Translated by Alison Tokita. Clayton, Australia: Monash Asia Institute and Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2006.
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Triwahana, Triwahana, and Desca Angelianawati. "Proposing Asian and African Motherhood through Literature: A Comparative Analysis." Indonesian Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS) 6, no. 2 (September 25, 2020): 77–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/ijels.v6i2.2859.
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Motherhood is seen as one of the essential aspects in a humans life. Although several values concerning motherhood is cross-cultural, its representation varied from time to time upon locations and cultures. Deriving from this line of thought, this paper compares the differing portrayal of motherhood from Asian and African literature. Undertaking the library studies, this article illustrates the depictions of motherhood and seeks to underline the reasoning why it is manifested through the selected literary works. The novels employed as the objects of study are The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta and Ibuk by Iwan Setyawan. The finding extrapolates a global conception towards motherhood and how it is presented. It is concluded that the depiction of motherhood in the novels is employed to maintain a social construction that privilege patriarchy. The African motherhood may be different than what they call Asian motherhood. Yet mothers, no matter where they are will always focus on their childrens well-doing.
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Mulholland, M. "Surrogate Motherhood." Journal of Medical Ethics 16, no. 4 (December 1, 1990): 221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.16.4.221.
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Welldon, Estela V. "Psychology and Psychopathology in Women – A Psychoanalytic Perspective." British Journal of Psychiatry 158, S10 (May 1991): 85–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s0007125000292052.
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Aspects of the normal psychology and psychopathology of women are discussed in relation to adolescence, young womanhood and motherhood. Perversions of motherhood exist, although they are largely denied by a society which idealises being a mother. This denial may be caused by society's inability to see a woman as a complete human being. The aetiology of perversions in women is both psychobiological and social and it is bound up with the politics of power. Perverse motherhood can be seen as the product of the emotional instability and inadequate individuation brought about by a process involving at least three generations.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Motherhood Social aspects Australia"
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Jackiewicz, Stephanie. "The lived experience of a group of mothers, geographically isolated from their extended families, in establishing their social support networks." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1998. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/984.
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This study explores the Jived experience of a group of women, geographically isolated from their extended family, as they establish their new support networks. It is based on the assumption that the shape and structure of families are constantly changing and evolving and this change in family structure impacts on both the parents and the children. One of the significant changes families are experiencing is the increasing isolation of the nuclear family from traditional family networks. It is the purpose of this study to explore the experience of this group of women to identify how the members establish their support networks. It determines the process they used in developing these networks and discovers the essential elements which contributed to the formation of new networks. The women participating in the study have all moved to Western Australia and as a result are isolated from their extended family. They all have at least one pre school aged child, speak English and have been involved in a self-help group for families separated from their extended family. A phenomenological approach was adopted to explore how this specific group of women in this situation has established their new support networks. The aim is to explore this phenomenon from the participant's perspective. A small sample of participants was selected from the self-help group with the help of a key informant. The data were collected over an extended period using in depth interviews. Each interview was transcribed and analysed for themes and concepts. These were taken back to the participants for verification. The findings have been reported using the narrative style as this is a style that fits comfortably with women. The narratives were verified by the individual participants as a true account of their experience. The themes extracted from all the participants are also reported and verified by the individual participants. The themes answer the questions of how these women establish their networks and what influences and affects the formation of these new networks. This study has implications for both policy and practice. It identifies areas where policy needs to be reviewed in order for additional funding to be provided to current health services so that they can continue with current services and expand these. Other services need to provide alternate models in order to meet the needs of various clientele. Services need to become more responsive to the community in order to meet their current needs. Additionally, some new and alternate services could be explored in order to meet the needs of this particular group. The need for further research has been highlighted by this study in the area of NESB migrants and their establishment of new networks, mothers of older school age children and those in full time employment trying to establish networks. In general the role of women in establishing networks within families still needs further researching. This study has identified some important factors in the establishment of networks by mothers of pre-school children, who are geographically isolated from their extended family.
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Featherstone, Lisa. "Breeding and feeding: a social history of mothers and medicine in Australia, 1880-1925." Australia : Macquarie University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/38533.
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Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Humanities, Department of Modern History, 2003.Bibliography: p. 417-478.
Introduction: breeding and feeding -- The medical man: sex, science and society -- Confined: women and obstetrics 1880-1899 -- The kindest cut? The caesarean section as turning point -- Reproduction in decline -- Resisting reproduction: women, doctors and abortion -- From obstetrics to paediatrics: the rise of the child -- The breast was best: medicine and maternal breastfeeding -- The deadly bottle and the dangers of the wet nurse: the "artificial" feeding of infants -- Surveillance and the mother -- Mothers and medicine: paradigms of continuity and change.
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw profound changes in Australian attitudes towards maternity. Imbibed with discourses of pronatalism and eugenics, the production of infants became increasingly important to society and the state. Discourses proliferated on "breeding", and while it appeared maternity was exulted, the child, not the mother, was of ultimate interest. -- This thesis will examine the ways wider discourses of population impacted on childbearing, and very specifically the ways discussions of the nation impacted on medicine. Despite its apparent objectivity, medical science both absorbed and created pronatalism. Within medical ideology, where once the mother had been the point of interest, the primary focus of medical care, increasingly medical science focussed on the life of the infant, who was now all the more precious in the role of new life for the nation. -- While all childbirth and child-rearing advice was formed and mediated by such rhetoric, this thesis will examine certain key issues, including the rise of the caesarean section, the development of paediatrics and the turn to antenatal care. These turning points can be read as signifiers of attitudes towards women and the maternal body, and provide critical material for a reading of the complexities of representations of mothers in medical discourse.
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Thompson, Susannah Ruth. "Birth pains : changing understandings of miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death in Australia in the Twentieth Century." University of Western Australia. School of Humanities, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0150.
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Feminist and social historians have long been interested in that particularly female ability to become pregnant and bear children. A significant body of historiography has challenged the notion that pregnancy and childbirth considered to be the acceptable and 'appropriate' roles for women for most of the twentieth century in Australia - have always been welcomed, rewarding and always fulfilling events in women's lives. Several historians have also begun the process of enlarging our knowledge of the changing cultural attitudes towards bereavement in Australia and the eschewing of the public expression of sorrow following the two World Wars; a significant contribution to scholarship which underscores the changing attitudes towards perinatal loss. It is estimated that one in four women lose a pregnancy to miscarriage, and two in one hundred late pregnancies result in stillbirth in contemporary Australia. Miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death are today considered by psychologists and social workers, amongst others, as potentially significant events in many women's lives, yet have received little or passing attention in historical scholarship concerned with pregnancy and motherhood. As such, this study focuses on pregnancy loss: the meaning it has been given by various groups at different times in Australia's past, and how some Australian women have made sense of their own experience of miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death within particular social and historical contexts. Pregnancy loss has been understood in a range of ways by different groups over the past 100 years. At the beginning of the twentieth century, when alarm was mounting over the declining birth rate, pregnancy loss was termed 'foetal wastage' by eugenicists and medical practitioners, and was seen in abstract terms as the loss of necessary future Australian citizens. By the 1970s, however, with the advent of support groups such as SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support) miscarriage and stillbirth were increasingly seen as the devastating loss of an individual baby, while the mother was seen as someone in need of emotional and other support. With the advent of new prenatal screening technologies in the late twentieth century, there has been a return of the idea of maternal responsibility for producing a 'successful' outcome. This project seeks to critically examines the wide range of socially constructed meanings of pregnancy loss and interrogate the arguments of those groups, such as the medical profession, religious and support groups, participating in these constructions. It will build on existing histories of motherhood, childbirth and pregnancy in Australia and, therefore, also the history of Australian women.
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Henderson, Jan. "Delayed motherhood : exploring expectations, anxieties and emotional impact of the transition to motherhood at mid-life (37+ years)." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/216.
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A qualitative study was conducted to explore the expectations, anxieties and emotional impact of eight women having their first child after the age of 37 years. The design used semi-structured interviews to collect data in two phases. The first were conducled when participants were in their third trimester of pregnancy (26+ wecks). The second phase was conducted four to six months post-birth. The rationale for the study was that despite the continuing trend for delayed motherhood (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002), research on the experience of'late' motherhood is extremely limited. Women are choosing to delay motherhood for many reasons, including the need to feel emotionally prepared, finding the right partner, or after years of career success and having achieved financial stability. However, the 'biological clock' may compel women to have a child simply because timc is running out. Rapid advanccs in fertility treatment and improved levels of obstetric care have extended the opportunities for childbearing, to the extent that women are having babies up to the time of menopause, which commonly begins in the late forties (Sowers, 2000). Risks associated with 'late' babies include hypertension (Mirowsky); anxiety (Windridge & Benyman, 1999), and foetal abnormality (Benke, Carver, & Donahue, 1995). In addition, women may feel unprepared for motherhood or may experience ambivalence about their decision after many years of career development and settled lifestyle (Heckhausen, Wrosh, & Fleeson, 200I). 'Elderly primigravidae,' as they are referred to, are deemed 'high risk' by the medical profession (Mirowsky, 2002) therefore women may be expos cd to a 'culture of anxiety' surrounding their choice to have a child at what is thc beginning of the midlife phase.
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Sodi, Edzisani Egnes. "Qualitative reflections on teenage motherhood experiences." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50433.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University 2005ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the current study was to undertake a phenomenological investigation on teenage motherhood and to learn how this experience forms part of the teenage mother's life. Using the snowball sampling method, five women aged between 26 and 35 years were selected to participate in the study. All the five women became mothers during their teenage years. Indepth interviews were conducted in Northern Sotho and Tshivenda depending on the language preference and fluency of the participant. The interviews were audio-taped, and later transcribed and translated. A phenomenological method of analysis was used to transform the original data into natural meaning units (NMUs) which were further interrogated so as to distil central sociological themes that were associated with the experience of teenage motherhood. Apart from the finding that the participants got pregnant when they were aged between 16 and 18, five sociological themes associated with teenage motherhood were identified. These are: • Lack of knowledge about sexual relationships contributes to teenage pregnancy and motherhood. • Early childbearing has a negative impact on the teenage mother's social relationships. • Teenage mothers tend to experience emotional problems after delivery of their babies. • Teenage motherhood has a long term disruptive effect on the teenage mother's educational and occupational opportunities. • Teenage motherhood leads to significant lifestyle changes for those who have been through the experience. In view of the above themes, sexual education both at school and at home, is suggested here as a more viable option to help minimise the risk of teenage motherhood in society. Whilst other options like abortion and the newly introduced child support grant are also available to the teenage mother, these are not considered favourable.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die huidige studie was om 'n fenomenologiese ondersoek oor tienermoederskap te doen en uit te vind hoe hierdie belewenis deel uitmaak van die tienermoeder se bestaan. Deur die sneeubaltoetsingsmetode is vyf vroue tussen die ouderdomme van 26 en 35 jaar gekies om deel te neem aan die studie. AI vyf vroue het tydens hulle tienerjare moeders geword. Diepteonderhoude is in Noord-Sotho en Venda gevoer, afhangende van die taalvoorkeur en -vlotheid van die deelnemer. Klankopnames is van die onderhoude gemaak wat later getranskribeer en vertaal is. 'n Fenomenologiese analisemetode is gebruik om die oorspronklike data na natuurlike betekeniseenhede (NMUs - natural meaning units) te herlei wat verder ondersoek is om sentrale sosiologiese temas geassosieer met die belewing van tienermoederskap te identifiseer. Behalwe vir die bevinding dat die deelnemers swanger geraak het toe hulle tussen die ouderdom van 16 en 18 jaar was, is vyf sosiologiese temas geassosieer met tienermoederskap geïdentifiseer. Hierdie temas is: • 'n Gebrek aan kennis oor seksuele verhoudings dra by tot die voorkoms van tienerswangerskappe en -moederskap. • Vroeë kinderbaring het 'n negatiewe impak op die tienermoeder se sosiale verhoudings. • Tienermoeders is geneig daartoe om emosionele probleme te ondervind na die geboortes van hulle babas. • Tienermoederskap het 'n langtermyn ontwrigtende effek op die tienermoeder se opvoedings- en werksgeleenthede. • Tienermoederskap lei tot betekenisvolle veranderinge in lewenstyl vir diegene wat die ondervinding deurgemaak het. Met inagneming van bogenoemde temas word hier voorgestel dat seksuele opvoeding beide op skool en by die huis 'n meer lewensvatbare opsie is om die risiko van tienermoederskap in die samelewing te verminder. Alhoewel ander opsies soos aborsies en die nuutingestelde toekennings van kinderonderhoud ook vir die tienermoeder beskikbaar is, word hierdie opsies nie as bevorderlik beskou nie.
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Hui, Choi Wai-hing, and 許蔡惠卿. "The transition to motherhood for Chinese women." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39634012.
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Wong, Lorrie. "Investigation into the Relationship Between Worry and Self Efficacy on Self-management in an Asian Pacific Islander Population with Type 2 Diabetes." Diss., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/22074.
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Diabetes Mellitus is a complex chronic disease that is prevalent throughout the world (Wild, Roglic, Green, Sicree, & King, 2004). People living with this disease are confronted with lifestyle modifications that require daily attention to a myriad of self care behaviors and health practices. Adherence to these self care recommendations can prevent the devastating complications that are associated with diabetes (UKPDS Group, 1998; Stratton, Adler, Neil, et al., 2000). Though knowledge plays an important role in the self management of diabetes, education alone does not ensure adherence to life-long behavior changes (Norris, Lau, Smith, Schmid, & Engelgau, 2002; Krichbaum, Aarestad, Buethe, 2003). It is recognized that additional research is needed to understand barriers and facilitators to behavior change.
Studies have identified that people with diabetes have worries about their disease and specific sources of worries include worries about being able to carry out family responsibilities in the future, worries about their financial future, worries about weight, and worries about risk for hypoglycemia (Peyrot, Rubin, Lauritzen, Snoek, Matthews, & Skovlund, 2005). Investigation into the effects of worry on health has focused primarily on worry's motivational properties and little is known about how worry impacts self management adherence in the diabetic population.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between worry, self efficacy and adherence to self management recommendations in the API diabetic population. An analysis of data previously collected from a two arm randomized controlled intervention trial (ENHANCE project) was undertaken to answer the research questions.
The findings of this study suggest that levels of and types of worry have an effect on self efficacy and on self management adherence. Social worries had a direct effect on self efficacy and positively moderated self efficacy's impact on self management adherence. Disease specific worries had a negative direct effect on self efficacy and negatively moderated self efficacy's effect on adherence. In addition, our study supported the understanding that worry perception and impact may differ among ethnic groups. The Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in our study experienced less worries as measured by our social worry tools than the Asian participants.
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Ben-Sira, Tallya. "Representation of motherhood in 19th and 20th century texts." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25262312.
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Arias, Bobbie Sue. "The Importance of Online Peer Relationships During the Transition to Motherhood: Do They Decrease Stress, Alleviate Depression and Increase Parenting Competence?" PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2946.
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This research addressed the challenges faced by women in today's society during the transition to motherhood, and explored the possible benefits of an online natural helping network of blogging peers. Given the content of the literature describing the transition to motherhood and the many hardships that pose possible obstacles for an ideal transition, this research attempted to uncover the reasons why mothers blog and what benefit, if any, they experience as a result of blogging. This study explored the following questions: Why do women blog during the transition to motherhood? What is the relationship among the seven identified variables: blogging intensity, authentic self-disclosure, perceived general social support, perceived social support from blogging, current depression, stress, and parenting competence?
This dissertation employed a cross-sectional research design using a web-based survey. The data were trimmed to limit the participants to residents/citizens of the United States and mothers of preschool aged (0-5) children who lived with them four or more days per week. The data were further limited to include only those participants (N = 501) who completed the survey in its entirety. New mothers experienced benefits as a result of their authentic participation in blogging and reported key reasons that they participated including: to share their experiences with others, to preserve their memories, to interact with a like-minded audience, and to feel understood. There were significant positive correlations between authentic self-disclosure and perceived social support, and sense of parenting competency, and a negative relationship between authentic self-disclosure and maternal depression and perceived stress. Multiple regression analysis indicated that social support was the strongest predictor of current depression. Social support was also a predictor of stress and of perceived parenting competence. Additionally, social support significantly predicted authentic self-disclosure. With a growing reliance on technology and social media, social work has an obligation to identify and utilize the beneficial aspects of this medium.
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Higgins, Jennifer R. 1952. "Vanguards of postmodernity : rethinking midlife women." Monash University, School of Political and Social Inquiry, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8896.
Full textBooks on the topic "Motherhood Social aspects Australia"
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Cereal for dinner: A memoir of magazines and motherhood. Pymble, N.S.W: HarperCollins, 2009.
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Recreating motherhood. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
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Motherhood online. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
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Lenore, Manderson, ed. New motherhood: Cultural and personal transitions in the 1980s. Yverdon, Switzerland: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1993.
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Mariam, Alizade Alcira, and International Psycho-Analytical Association. Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis, eds. Motherhood in the twenty-first century. London: Karnac, 2006.
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Ananda and ʾAnanda. Mother-worship, a gynaecratic study of civilization & culture: Psycho-social-religious approach with an anthropological background. Bombay: Swami Bhavaharananda, 1991.
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Through the maze of motherhood: Empowered mothers speak. Toronto: Demeter Press, 2011.
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Budrowska, Bogusława. Macierzyństwo jako punkt zwrotny w życiu kobiety. Wrocław: Fundacja na Rzecz Nauki Polskiej, 2000.
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Osborne, G. Communication traditions in 20th-century Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Michelle, Stanworth, ed. Reproductive technologies: Gender, motherhood, and medicine. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press in association with B. Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 1987.
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Symonds, Anthea, and Sheila C. Hunt. "Social aspects of motherhood." In The Midwife and Society, 101–23. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13654-4_5.
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Newman, Christy E., Asha Persson, and Jeanne Ellard. "Pills, Providers and Partners: Exploring Trust Among Serodiscordant Couples in Australia." In Social Aspects of HIV, 265–76. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42725-6_21.
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Bandelli, Daniela. "Sociological Perspectives Across Individual Experiences, Social Structures, and Representations." In Sociological Debates on Gestational Surrogacy, 39–65. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80302-5_4.
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AbstractThis chapter is a literature review which aims to highlight the most critical aspects discussed in the surrogacy scholarship, whose interdisciplinarity represents a major value for the advancement of the sociological understanding of the phenomenon. The literature review is organized into three levels. The first is that of individual experience, which includes some of the main ethnographies that have tried to explain the motivations that push people, aspiring parents but above all the surrogates, to undertake this procreative path. At the second level, that of the social structure, there are three recurring themes: inequality—explained through the concept of stratified reproduction—which permeates the relationships between the parties and upon which the surrogacy market proliferates; the transformation of procreation into a productive process in which life is commodified and the woman reduced to her womb; the transformation of kinship from a natural fact to a cultural product, which is defined by one’s own intentions, and the parallel fragmentation of motherhood into several figures. At the third level, that of representation, there are the studies that discuss how surrogacy is told by the media, and the studies that provide a systematization of the different feminist perspectives on the subject.
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Dayé, Christian, Armin Spök, Andrew C. Allan, Tomiko Yamaguchi, and Thorben Sprink. "Social Acceptability of Cisgenic Plants: Public Perception, Consumer Preferences, and Legal Regulation." In Concepts and Strategies in Plant Sciences, 43–75. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10721-4_3.
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AbstractPart of the rationale behind the introduction of the term cisgenesis was the expectation that due to the “more natural” character of the genetic modification, cisgenic plants would be socially more acceptable than transgenic ones. This chapter assesses whether this expectation was justified. It thereby addresses three arenas of social acceptability: public perception, consumer preferences, and legal regulation. Discussing and comparing recent studies from four geographical areas across the globe—Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia and New Zealand—the chapter shows that the expectation was justified, and that cisgenic plants are treated as being more acceptable than other forms of genetic modification. Yet, there are considerable differences across the three arenas of social acceptability. In Australia, Canada, and the United States of America, the legal regulation of cisgenic plants is less restrictive than in Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. Also, the public perceptions are rather diverse across these countries, as are the factors that are deemed most influential in informing public opinion and consumer decisions. While people in North America appear to be most interested in individual benefits of the products (improved quality, health aspects), Europeans are more likely to accept cisgenic plants and derived products if they have a proven environmental benefit. In New Zealand, in contrast, the potential impact of cisgenic plants on other, more or less related markets, like meat export and tourism, is heavily debated. We conclude with some remarks about a possible new arrangement between science and policy that may come about with a new, or homogenized, international regulatory regime.
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Joshi, H. "Motherhood: Economic Aspects." In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 10085–88. Elsevier, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-043076-7/03979-6.
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McMahon, M. "Motherhood: Social and Cultural Aspects." In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 10089–93. Elsevier, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-043076-7/03980-2.
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Oakley, Ann. "Sickness in Salonica and Other Stories." In Social Support and Motherhood, 50–85. Policy Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447349457.003.0003.
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This chapter attempts to provide context for the Social Support and Pregnancy Outcome (SSPO) study covered in the subsequent chapters by considering the causal relationships between the social aspects of people's lives and their health. It reviews various groups of intervention studies to justify the argument that giving people social support is likely to be good for their health. The SSPO study was planned against this background. It is obvious that social interventions in health, although adding up to impressive evidence that social support is health-promoting, have varied ethically, methodologically, conceptually and in terms of the policy concerns they address. A major problem in understanding social interventions lies with the challenge these may pose to commonsense understandings of how health is best promoted.
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Zwicker, Manuel, Juergen Seitz, and Nilmini Wickramasinghe. "E-Health in Australia and Germany." In Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology, 145–60. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6126-4.ch008.
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This chapter focuses on two specific e-health solutions, the PCEHR in Australia and the German EHC. National e-health solutions are being developed by most if not all OECD countries, but few studies compare and contrast these solutions to uncover the true benefits and critical success criteria. The chapter provides an assessment of these two solutions, the possibility for any lessons learnt with regard to designing and implementing successful and appropriate e-health solutions, as well as understanding the major barriers and facilitators that must be addressed. Finally, ANT is used to provide a rich lens to investigate the key issues in these respective e-health solutions.
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Davey, Bill, and Arthur Tatnall. "School Management Software in Australia and the Issue of Technological Adoption." In Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology, 179–95. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6126-4.ch010.
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Approaches to innovation adoption often fail to explain why similar technologies in a single environment can have very different adoption outcomes. In this chapter, the single environment of education management systems in one country (Australia) are used to show how outcomes of similar technologies can be very different. An Actor-Network approach is used to explain how some technologies succeeded and others failed. Understandings reached in this case illuminate the power of the approach that includes listening to the technological actors in addition to the human. The chapter identifies actors and interactions and shows the connection between those interactions and the final outcomes of the innovations.
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Jackson, Kristyn A. "How Movember's Online Community Influences Australia's Men's Health Debate." In Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology, 125–49. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0010-0.ch009.
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Contemporary research indicates hegemonic masculinity negatively impacts on the recognised global male health treatment gap, spurring debate around the promotion of male health conversation. Through a case study, this chapter explores how Movember Australia, a global NPO dedicated to raising awareness of and funds for male health illness, has utilised principles of value co-creation in its online campaign to promote conversation around men's health in Australia. Movember's facilitation of online community conversation, engagement and its utilisation of hegemonic masculinity to promote online male solidarity and resultant health conversation is investigated. Research references previous online male health research indicating effectiveness of three themes for health communication and conversation facilitation: personalisation, environment and trust.
Conference papers on the topic "Motherhood Social aspects Australia"
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Cordeiro, Douglas Farias, Anelise Souza Rocha, Kátia Kelvis Cassiano, and Núbia Rosa Da Silva. "Representativeness of women in postgraduate programs in computer science in Brazil." In Women in Information Technology. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/wit.2020.11281.
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From the patriarchal gender culture, inequities emerge that are manifested in social and labor relations. Women still lead to disparities in participation and production of a scientific nature around the world, being more evident in technological areas. This paper presents an exploratory descriptive analysis of postgraduate teaching in Computer Science in Brazil, addressing aspects of representativeness by gender in that area. The results revealed that, despite the programs to encourage the participation of women in the areas of technology, in the last 15 years there has been a significant reduction in the proportionality of women in postgraduate teaching in Computer Science in Brazil. In addition, it opens discussions on issues of interest related to factors such as the predominant age group of women in the area, 40-69 years, suggesting research on the impact of other factors on active participation, such as motherhood, for example.
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McLoughlin, Catherine. "Social Media for Networking and Participatory Professional Learning." In HEAd'16 - International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head16.2016.2867.
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There is widespread acceptance of the need for professional learning opportunities and support for teachers and for academics transitioning into the higher education workforce. In Australia and globally, social networking sites (SNS) provide teachers with formal and informal networking opportunities. While higher education institutions are responding to an ever-changing digital environment, scholarly work aimed at understanding optimal use of, and interaction with new Web 2.0 capabilities is a pressing area of concern among academics. Limited studies are available on how and why teachers in higher education employ social networking tools to create learning networks, share professional ideas and build creative collegiality. This scoping review article investigates motivations for the adoption of SNS in higher education and the benefits and opportunities presented by social networking tools such as blogs and Twitter in teacher professional learning and practice. Results show that academics are interested in connecting with peers, sharing knowledge and networking in open participatory forums as means of building community and accessing resources. The findings indicate that the affordances of microblogging and SNS are valued by academics and that they appreciate the immediacy, relational aspects and interactions that expand their professional networks.
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Hřivnová, Michaela, Jitka Slaná, Tereza Sofková, Martina Cichá, and Vladislava Marciánová. "The cognitive dimension among university students in the area of sexual and reproductive health with an emphasis on the issue of delayed/late pregnancy and parenthood." In Život ve zdraví 2021. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p280-0076-2021-3.
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Background: The shift in women’s fertility and birth rate to the higher age is characterized as the most significant feature of reproductive behaviour over the past decades in the Czech Republic (and in other developed countries). The trend of the so-called delayed or late pregnancy/motherhood/parenthood is determined by polyfactorial influences with possible risk impacts on the biomedical and psychosocial aspects of the health of mothers, fathers, children and society as such. In 2020, the following project was implemented: 50/2020/PPZ/OKD In Time – responsible, erudite, planned and prepared parenthood – The shaping and development of health literacy in the area of reproductive health among young adults (university students). The project was supported by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and the Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc. The outcomes of the project are of both educational and research nature. Method(s): The Research on the cognitive and affective dimensions of young adults in the area of early pregnancy/parenthood involving a sample of 844 student respondents from 14 universities in the Czech Republic evaluated the level of knowledge of health literacy with an emphasis on the general area of sexual and reproductive health as well as the specific area of possible risks associated with delayed/late pregnancy/parenthood. The research also focused on the personality and attitude dimensions of young adults in the context of delayed and late pregnancy. Results: In a specific area of sexual and reproductive health, the level of knowledge was problematic, sometimes even insufficient. An alarming fact is the complete lack of knowledge concerning the probability of conception during a single ovulation cycle of a young woman (18–30 years). Surprisingly, the correct answer was identified by less than 2% of female university students. The complete set of results of the research is published in the monograph In Time: The cognitive and affective dimensions of young adults in relation to pregnancy and parenthood. Conclusions: The unfavourable level of health literacy concerning early pregnancy/parenthood may have a negative effect on the affective and behavioural dimension of young adults and support the 63 manifestations of possible bio-psycho-social risks and complications resulting from the trends of shifting motherhood/parenthood to higher age bands. It is thus necessary to educate the young generation by means of adequate didactic procedures in order for them to be able to make informed decisions about whether and when to have a child.
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Filippova, G. G. "ПЕРИНАТАЛЬНАЯ И РЕПРОДУКТИВНАЯ ПСИХОТЕРАПИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ТЕНДЕНЦИИ РАЗВИТИЯ." In ПЕРВЫЙ МЕЖКОНТИНЕНТАЛЬНЫЙ ЭКСТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫЙ КОНГРЕСС «ПЛАНЕТА ПСИХОТЕРАПИИ 2022: ДЕТИ. СЕМЬЯ. ОБЩЕСТВО. БУДУЩЕЕ». Crossref, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54775/ppl.2022.76.62.001.
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From the middle of the twentieth century till the present, a great deal has been accomplished in perinatal and reproductive psychology and psychotherapy, from working with pregnant women and diadas to a systematic approach to psychological problems of reproduction function. At the present stage, this independent area, which integrates issues of the early development of the child’s 165 psyche and the implementation of reproductive function at all stages of the reproductive cycle, has its field of application, methodological and theoretical basis and methodological support. Perinatal psychology has become a part of reproductive psychology, it is the central core in which the problems of the early development of a child and the implementation of reproductive function of parents overlap. This part includes the period from preparation for conception till the end of the diadic relationship, and combines the problems of a child and parents, implementing a diadic approach. Reproductive psychology and psychotherapy includes a broader range of issues: reproductive ontogeny, social and psychological aspects of reproductive behaviour, motherhood and fatherhood (including children's birth planning, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, upbringing of the child), as well as reproductive health problems (reproductive psychosomatic). The methodological basis of reproductive and perinatal psychology are classical and modern theories of early development, evolutionary and systemic approach, diadic approach, theory of functional systems, teaching about dominance and psychosomatic approach. The reproductive sphere is defined as a functional system that combines physiological, mental and behavioural mechanisms for the implementation of reproductive function, it has a system structure and is regulated by the reproductive dominance, including sequence of subdominants according to the dynamics of the reproductive cycle. The theory of functional systems and the concept of dominance make it possible to merge the idea about the stages of the reproductive cycle into a holistic system and to implement a holistic approach to a person at different times of realization of his main life task – birth and upbringing of children. The circle closes: human reproductive sphere has its ontogeny and its implementation as continuity “from birth to birth”: from their birth to the birth of their children. In accordance with the complexity of psychological issues, an integrative approach is used in practice. С середины ХХ века до настоящего времени в перинатальной и репродуктивной психологии и психотерапии был пройден большой путь от работы с беременными и диадой до системного подхода к психологическим проблемам репродуктивной функции. На современном этапе это самостоятельное направление, которое объединяет проблематику раннего развития психики ребенка и реализации репродуктивной функции на всех этапах репродуктивного цикла, имеет свою область применения, методологическое и теоретическое обоснование и методическое обеспечение. Перинатальная психология стала частью репродуктивной психологии, она является центральным ядром, в котором пересекаются проблемы раннего развития ребенка и осуществления репродуктивной функции родителями. Эта часть включает период от подготовки к зачатию до окончания диадических отношений и объединяет проблемы ребенка и родителей, реализуя диадический подход. Репродуктивная психология и психотерапия включает более широкий спектр вопросов: онтогенез репродуктивной сферы, социально-психологические аспекты репродуктивного поведения, реализацию материнства и отцовства (включая планирование рождения детей, зачатие, беременность, роды, воспитание ребенка), а также нарушения репродуктивного здоровья (репродуктивную психосоматику). Методологической основой репродуктивной и перинатальной психологии являются классические и современные теории раннего развития, эволюционно-системный подход, диадический подход, теория функциональных систем, учение о доминанте и психосоматический подход. Репродуктивная сфера определяется как функциональная система, объединяющая в себе физиологические, психические и поведенческие механизмы для реализации репродуктивной функции, она имеет системное строение и регулируется репродуктивной доминантой, включающей последовательность субдоминант в соответствии с динамикой репродуктивного цикла. Теория функциональных систем и понятие доминанты позволяют объединить представление об этапах репродуктивного цикла в целостную систему и осуществить целостный подход к человеку в разные периоды реализации его главной жизненной задачи – рождения и воспитания детей. Круг замыкается: репродуктивная сфера человека имеет свой онтогенез и свою реализацию как преемственность «от рождения до рождения»: от своего рождения до рождения своих детей. В соответствии с комплексностью психологической проблематики в практике используется интегративный подход.
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Penman, Joy, and Glenna C Lear. "Over Mountain Tops and Through the Valleys of Postgraduate Study and Research: A Transformative Learning Experience from Two Supervisees’ Perspectives [Abstract]." In InSITE 2020: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Online. Informing Science Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4547.
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Aim/Purpose: [This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal "Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology,"16, 21-40.] The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the learning that happens in assuming a supervisee’s role during the postgraduate study. Background: The facilitators and barriers students encountered while pursuing postgraduate studies, strategies to achieve success in postgraduate studies, and how to decrease attrition rates of students, have been sufficiently explored in literature. However, there is little written about the personal and professional impact on students when they are being supervised to complete their postgraduate studies. Methodology: Autoethnographic method of deep reflection was used to examine the learning that transpired from the supervisee’s perspective. Two lecturers (a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and an Aboriginal Tutor) focused on their postgraduate journeys as supervisees, respectively, with over 30 years of study experience between them, in Australia and abroad. Contribution: Future postgraduate students, researchers, would-be supervisors and experienced supervisors could learn from the reflections of the authors’ postgraduate experiences. Findings: Four themes surfaced, and these were Eureka moments, Critical friend(s), Supervisory relationship, and Transformative learning. The authors highlighted the significance of a supervisory relationship which is key to negotiating the journey with the supervisor. Essential for these students also were insights on finding the path as well as the destination and the transformative aspects that happened as a necessary part of the journey. Conclusion. The postgraduate journey has taught them many lessons, the most profound of which was the change in perspective and attitude in the process of being and becoming. Personal and professional transformative learning did occur. At its deepest level, the authors’ reflections resulted in self-actualization and a rediscovery of their more authentic selves. Recommendations for Practitioners: This article highlights the importance of the supervisory relationship that must be negotiated to ensure the success of the candidate. Reflections of the transformation are recommended to support the students further. Recommendation for Researchers: Quality supervision can make a significant influence on the progress of students. Further research on the supervisory relationship is recommended. Impact on Society: The support in terms of supervision to ensure postgraduate students’ success is essential. Postgraduate students contribute to the human, social, professional, intellectual, and economic capital of universities and nations globally. Future Research: Further reflections of the transformative learning will advance the understanding of the personal and professional changes that occur with postgraduate supervision.