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Author Molina, Noelia, author

Title Motherhood, spirituality and culture / Noelia Molina
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge research in nursing and midwifery
Routledge research in nursing and midwifery.
Contents Historical, cultural and psychological perspectives on motherhood -- Spiritual awakening : the cultural shift -- Spirituality and interdisciplinary partners -- Testing the psycho-spiritual paradigm in the transition to motherhood : a pilot study -- Extending the psycho-spiritual paradigm : spiritual intelligence theory -- Research on the lived spirituality of motherhood -- Seven narratives of maternal transition -- Uncovering the maternal transition : prenatal, birth and postnatal experiences -- Implications for the future
Summary Motherhood, Spirituality and Culture explores spiritual skills that may assist women in changes, challenges and transformations undergone through the transition to motherhood. This study comprises rich, qualitative data gathered from interviews with 11 mothers. Results are analysed by constructing seven unique maternal narratives that elucidate and give voice to the mothers in their transition by in depth exploration of six themes emerging from the analysis. Overall discussion ranges across such realities as: desires, expectations and illusions for mothering; birth and spiritual embodied experiences of mothering; instinctual knowing; identity and crisis, and connections of motherhood; changes and transformations undergone through motherhood. This study presents a unique framework for qualitative studies of spirituality within motherhood research; by weaving together transpersonal psychology, humanistic psychology, spiritual intelligence and the spiritual maternal literature. This book will appeal to all women who have transitioned to motherhood. It willalso be of assistance to professionals who wish to approach any aspect of maternity care and support from a transpersonal perspective. It will also provideunique insights for academics and postgraduate students in the fields of anthropology, psychology, psychotherapy and feminism studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Mothers -- Psychology
Motherhood.
Spirituality.
Mothers -- psychology
Spirituality
Maternal Behavior -- psychology
Pregnancy -- psychology
maternity.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
Motherhood
Mothers -- Psychology
Spirituality
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020693430
ISBN 9780429470127
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9780429892783
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9780429892790
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