The ups and downs of early mothering.

摘要: AbstractIntroduction: The maternal experience of having a young infant is often viewed through negative lens focused on psychological distress due, in part, to historical focus identifying threats prenatal, perinatal and postpartum well-being women infants. This report examines appraisal both positive experiences during after pregnancy introduces new scale that assesses uplifts hassles are specific early motherhood.Methods: sample included 136 who began study participation completed an existing designed evaluate pregnancy-specific uplifts. When infants were 6 months old, participants the newly developed Maternal Experience Scale (MES) along with questionnaires related anxiety, depression, attachment, parenting stress temperament characteristics.Results: In general, 6-month-old rated their far more positively than negatively...