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KMID : 0377619940590120999
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1994 Volume.59 No. 12 p.999 ~ p.1014
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A Study on the Working New Mothers´ Role Starins, Copings and Social Supports
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to find the role strains of working new mothers regarding stress, coping and social supports " paradigms by reviewing relevant literature, to present coping strategies based on this findings and to provide basic materials for the development of nursing interventions which can mitigate and buffer their role strains.
The traditional norms are still dominant which force men work outside and women do household duties due to paterfamilias and distinction between the sexes even in the modern social structure. Working mothers have dual role overload as they are forced to serve faithful and traditional women´s role more at home. Furthermore working new mothers have to return back to work after one month´s short maternity leave even though 6-8 weeks´ rest is necessary for recovery of health.
Working new mothers who return back to work will have role overloads or role strains as they are forced to do new role in addition to existing ones as spouse, housewives and workers. These role strains affect working new mothers as - stressors so hinder then to achieve maternal role performance and give negative effect upon maternal role attainments and. formation of maternal identities. Therefore coping and social supports are necessary as strategy to mitigate and lessen role strains of working new mothers. Social supports mitigate stress and coping intervene events and results of stressor in relation to personal factors. And coping help personal adaptation by managing and mitigating stress smoothly. So social supports and coping will be used as efficient buffer systems as they can evade, eliminate and mitigate discomfort due to stressors.
Through these coping strategies and social supports, nurses have to able to help working new mothers achieve maternal role attainments and form positive maternal identity by mitigating their role strains and giving their self-confidence when they perform maternal roles.
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