Maternal Substance Abuse and the Mother-Child Relationship in Late Childhood

This article analyses the evolution of the mother–daughter relationship in China, and describes the mothering characteristics of four generations of women, which in sequence includes “foot-binding mothers”, “mothers after liberation”, “mothers after reform and opening up”, and “mothers who were only daughters”. Referring to Klein’s ideas about the mother–child relationship, especially those in her paper “Some reflections on ‘The Oresteia’ ”, the author tries to understand mothers and their impact on their daughters in these various periods of Chinese history, so as to explore the mutual influence of the mother–daughter relationship in particular, and the Chinese cultural and developmental context in general.

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Analysis of the early mother-child relationship in schizophrenic patients

International Journal of Social Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/0020764021991186 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002076402199118

Author(s):

Marziyeh Khoshgoftar ◽

Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee ◽

Mohammad Reza Sheikhi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Context ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Step Method ◽

Child Relationship ◽

New Information ◽

Data Saturation ◽

Schizophrenic Patients ◽

Mother Child Relationship

Background and Aim: The mother as the first caregiver plays a significant role in the formation of the child’s behavior, growth, and communication. The present study aimed to analyze the early mother-child relationship in schizophrenic patients. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study employed a descriptive phenomenological approach. The participants were male patients with schizophrenia who were hospitalized in Qazvin Bahman Psychiatric Hospital from March to September 2020 with an age range of over 18 years. Given the objective of the study, the data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The participants were selected using purposive sampling and the sampling procedure continued until data saturation as the point when no new information is observed in the data. Accordingly, the data were saturated after interviewing 15 participants. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Results: The analysis of the data revealed four main themes including ambivalent attachment to the mother, feelings of constant fear and worry, a sense of constant care for the mother, and a cold and emotionless relationship with the child. Conclusion: The present study suggested that schizophrenia is a disorder that affects the mother-child relationship, and does the term “schizophrenic mothers” need to be reconsidered? However, the result of this research has been done according to the nature and cultural context of Iranian society.

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An exploratory study of the ways in which mothers keep their infants occupied

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v15i1.351 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

A. Botha ◽

G. Cleaver

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Development ◽

First Year ◽

Development Research ◽

Social Emotional ◽

Cultural Backgrounds ◽

Infant Research ◽

Child Relationship ◽

The Social ◽

Mother And Child ◽

Mother Child Relationship

The mother child relationship can help or hinder the social, emotional and intellectual development of the infant. Research has shown that the interaction between mother and child can affect the child’s cognitive development. Research has shown that mothers from the lower socio-economic groups do not stimulate their babies optimally and that this may affect the children negatively. In this study 86 underprivileged mothers from two different cultural backgrounds were asked to describe the ways in which they kept their infants occupied during the first year of their infants’ lives. The differences between the two groups are discussed and recommendations are made.

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