ArticleThe Journal of perinatal education2019
"It's Hard Being a Mama": Validation of the Maternal Distress Concept in Becoming a Mother.
Article in The Journal of perinatal education, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Women's experiences and perceptions of anxiety and stress during the perinatal period: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Pooled it
- Associations Among Perceived Stress, Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy, and Breastfeeding Intention Among Pregnant Women in Taiwan.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- "It Has Shown Me How Much I Am Capable Of": An Exploration of Autistic Burnout Experiences in Motherhood.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- The Effects of Social Support on Newborn Hygienic Care and Breastfeeding Intentions in Primigravid Pregnancies: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2026Article
- The Importance of Motherhood for Early Maternal Bonding and Engagement.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Unrecognized and Unheard: Experiences of Black Mothers Navigating the "Good NICU Mother" Ideal Across the Preterm Birth Continuum.Research square · 2026Article
- A Conditional Indirect Effects Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, Social Support, and Race With Alcohol Consumption among Postpartum Mothers.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- Parenting difficulties and support needs among parents having new children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A quantitative text analysis.Global health & medicine · 2025Article
- Improving maternal well-being: a matrescence education pilot study for new mothers.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Stress During Pregnancy Associated with Newborn Low Birth Weight: Experiences from the State of Rhode Island.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- A Longitudinal Examination of Mothers' Early Postnatal Adaptation: Relative Stability Across the First Eight Weeks.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- Coping strategies in postpartum women: exploring the influence of demographic and maternity factors.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Pregnancy, spousal connectedness, and young married women's mental health: an analysis of the Bangladesh adolescent health and wellbeing survey.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Article
- Predictors of postnatal depression in the slums Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- The relationship between maternal-fetus attachment and perceived parental bonds in pregnant women: Considering a possible mediating role of psychological distress.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Women Facing Psychological Abuse: How Do They Respond to Maternal Identity Humiliation and Body Shaming?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- COVID-19-related anxieties in first-time mothers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and after 6 months: A descriptive study.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
New mothers actively adapt to new demands and challenges in the mothering role but some may find this adjustment difficult and distressing, depending on their perceptions and resources. Previous research on maternal distress is primarily concentrated on needs of mothers with depression but nonpathological approaches of viewing difficulties in early parenting should be explored. A secondary analysis of a descriptive, qualitative study was completed on new, low-income mothers in early parenthood to determine how maternal distress influences mothers' transition to becoming a mother and to validate the use of the Maternal Distress Concept in the clinical setting. Findings reveal new mothers experience maternal distress on various levels: stress, adaptation, functioning, and connecting. Implications for practice and education are discussed.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.