The Relationship between Maternal Self-Esteem and Maternal Attachment in Mothers of Hospitalized Premature Infants

住院早產兒母親之自尊與依附關係之探討

陳紀雯(Chi-Wen Chen) ； Barbara Conrad

《The Journal of Nursing Research》 9卷4期 (2001/09) Pp. 69-82

摘要

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal self- esteem and maternal attachment in mothers of hospitalized premature infants. The research instruments administered included: a demographic sheet, the Maternal Self-Report Inventory (MSRI), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Leifer’s How I Feel About My Baby Now Scale. Thirty-two mothers whose premature infants were medi-cally stable and hospitalized in the NICU were studied. Two hypotheses on the positive relationships between maternal self-esteem and maternal attachment, and global self-esteem and maternal attachment could not be tested by correlational analyses due to the inadequate internal consistency of the How I Feel About My Baby Now Scale. A significant correlation was found between maternal self-esteem and global self-esteem. Thus, maternal role influenced general self-concept in mothers. In addition, it was found that there were no significant correlations between the MSRI and demographic variables, such as: maternal age, marital status, income, and educational level. Another result indicated that increased global self-esteem was correlated (p ＜ .05) with maternal age, income, and educational level. The results of this study provide clinical nurses to pay attention not only to caregiving skills but also to the mother’s appraisal of herself as a mother and attachment behaviors.

關鍵字

早產兒母親 ； 自尊 ； 依附關係

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal self- esteem and maternal attachment in mothers of hospitalized premature infants. The research instruments administered included: a demographic sheet, the Maternal Self-Report Inventory (MSRI), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Leifer’s How I Feel About My Baby Now Scale. Thirty-two mothers whose premature infants were medi-cally stable and hospitalized in the NICU were studied. Two hypotheses on the positive relationships between maternal self-esteem and maternal attachment, and global self-esteem and maternal attachment could not be tested by correlational analyses due to the inadequate internal consistency of the How I Feel About My Baby Now Scale. A significant correlation was found between maternal self-esteem and global self-esteem. Thus, maternal role influenced general self-concept in mothers. In addition, it was found that there were no significant correlations between the MSRI and demographic variables, such as: maternal age, marital status, income, and educational level. Another result indicated that increased global self-esteem was correlated (p ＜ .05) with maternal age, income, and educational level. The results of this study provide clinical nurses to pay attention not only to caregiving skills but also to the mother’s appraisal of herself as a mother and attachment behaviors.

並列關鍵字

mother of premature infant ； self-esteem ； attachment

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