Wartościowanie dobra matki, dziecka i obojga podczas rozwiązywania problemów związanych z macierzyństwem
Valuing the well-being of the mother, the child, and them both while solving problems related to motherhood

Summary/Abstract: Aim. The main purpose of the research was to determine which group of participants will value the well-being of the mother, the child and both of them the most and to define the similarities and differences in the ways of thinking of mothers, fathers, people without children, and seniors when solving problems related to motherhood. Materials and methods. The proprietary tool Questionnaire “Advice for Mothers” was used, with six stories of women’s life problems. The participants determined to what extent they agreed with solutions – two (intersystemic level of thinking) prioritized the well-being of the mother or the child, and the third (metasystemic level of thinking) emphasized the simultaneous well-being of both mother and child. 936 people, aged 18 to 96, participated in the research. Results and conclusion. All groups preferred solutions were those emphasizing the wellbeing of both mother and child, but the similarity of the mothers’ way of thinking to others depended on the type of solution. The greatest similarity in the valuing well-being of both mother and child was noted between mothers and men without children, dissimilarity – between mothers and fathers and male seniors. When it comes to a child’s well-being, mothers valued it the most similarly to fathers and men without children, and the least – to seniors. The well-being of mothers was valued similarly by all groups, but the scores of mothers were the highest, the fathers’ – the lowest.

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