The Transition to Motherhood for Chinese Women
- ISBN-10
- 137467141X
- ISBN-13
- 9781374671416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-27
- Publisher
- Open Dissertation Press
- Authors
- Wai-Hing Hui Choi, 許蔡惠卿
Description
This dissertation, "The Transition to Motherhood for Chinese Women" by Wai-hing, Hui Choi, 許蔡惠卿, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS ENTITLED The Transition to Motherhood for Chinese Women Submitted by HUI Choi Wai-Hing for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong June 2007 The purpose of the study was to investigate a model that incorporates a sociocultural variable to study psychosocial adaptation of expectant mothers in Hong Kong, and to identify determining factors of psychosocial adaptation in pregnancy. Based on a proposed framework integrating Mishel's (1984, 1988) Theory of Uncertainty in Illness and Selder's Life Transition Theory (Kachoyeanos & Selder, 1993; Selder, 1989), the study attempted to establish a model of uncertainty in pregnancy. In order to carry out the investigation, a scale named Motherhood Normalization Scale, which measures maternal behaviors in regard to sociocultural customs, was constructed and analyzed using grounded theory and Principal Axis Factoring on the qualitative data obtained from interviewing pregnant women. It was followed by a non-experimental cross- sectional study of prospective design. Findings were obtained from a convenient sample of 550 low-risk women, aged 18 to 39, who were >= 30 weeks pregnant. Based on the models obtained from correlational and SEM analyses, a new model was supported. The new model suggested social support was negatively correlated with uncertainty, which also had negative effects on motherhood normalization, efficacy, and commitment to pregnancy. Motherhood ii normalization, efficacy, and commitment to pregnancy, in turn, had positive effects on psychosocial adaptation. Four predictors of psychosocial adaptations in pregnancy were identified. The predictors that explained 68% of the total variance of adaptation were uncertainty, commitment to pregnancy, psychological distress, and social support. Of all the predictors, uncertainty showed the largest influence. The result indicated that greater psychosocial adaptation was associated with lower uncertainty and psychological distress, as well as higher commitment to pregnancy, and social support. Other key findings were also obtained. Women's demographic and obstetric characteristics were not associated with psychosocial adaptation (all r
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