Over the past two decades, scholars have investigated a multitude of different aspects of
motherhood. This article provides a sco** review of research published from 2001 to …

Good mother ideology refers to beliefs that women are only 'good'mothers if they adhere to
the tenets of dominant parenting discourse, such as intensive mothering ideology, which …

Introduction Throughout the transition to motherhood, changes are experienced across a
woman's physical, mental, social, and occupational self. Maternal chronic illness adds the …

Childhood exposure to traumatic experiences and subsequent psychological symptoms
increase the risk for lifelong behavioral and mental health problems, including depression …

Millions of people face unintended pregnancy each year, including thousands who are living
with a mental health disorder, and must decide to terminate the pregnancy, become a …

Our purpose in this research was to develop a measure that reflected cross-cultural and
cultural-specific expectations of “good mothering.” We based our measure on samples of …

Findings from youth research have shown that, due to the development of the transitional
phase of “emerging adulthood”, the family has become increasingly significant for young …

An information-processing approach to maladaptive parenting suggests that high-risk and
maltreating parents are likely to hold inaccurate and biased preexisting cognitive schemata …

Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health issue and a human rights violation.
Recent studies have revealed that most IPV is bidirectional rather than unidirectional, which …

From a cognitive information processing perspective, parents' cognitive schemas strongly
influence the way they perceive and act toward their children. In order to explore how …