Job Orientation and Adjustment to Pregnancy and Early Motherhood
- 1 September 1982
- Vol. 9 (3) , 157-163
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-536x.1982.tb01650.x
Abstract
The relation of reported job commitment to emotions in the third trimester of pregnancy and six weeks postpartum was studied in 120 primiparae. Answers to written questionnaires and telephone interviews were objectively scored and statistically analyzed. The results suggest that women who adapt well to work also adapt well to childbearing. Women who scored high in job commitment had more favorable psychological and emotional experiences in the first pregnancy and postpartum period on some measures, and the degree of job commitment was not related to reported maternal attachment behavior or attitudes. It was also found that women who reported more job interest tended to wait longer before starting a family, worked longer into pregnancy, and planned to return to work sooner postnatally.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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