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Self-Esteem and Communication in the Perception of Women After the First and Subsequent Childbirth
Self-Esteem and Communication in the Perception of Women After the First and Subsequent Childbirth

Author(s): Sylwia Gwiazdowska-Stańczak, Ewelina Okoniewska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Psychology of Self, Family and social welfare
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: self-esteem; communication; marriage; women; childbirth; family psychology; parenthood

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research is to increase the knowledge of self-esteem and quality of communication in marriage in women after childbirth, taking into account the number of their children. The research group included 95 women after childbirth who completed the authors’ own sociodemographic questionnaire and two psychological standardized measures, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES) and Marriage Communication Questionnaire by Kaźmierczak and Plopa. It was found that self-esteem proved to be a positive predictor of perceived support and commitment provided by the partner only among mothers of two or more children, whereas in single mothers perceived support did not depend on the woman’s self-esteem. At the first birth, the support from the partner is not related to the mother’s level of self-esteem.

  • Issue Year: 25/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 157-169
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English