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Effects of Implementing the Alexander Technique on Enjoying the Sense of Motherhood in the Postpartum Period
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Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2017 Sep-Oct;22(5):392-397. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_26_16.
Effects of Implementing the Alexander Technique on Enjoying the Sense of Motherhood in the Postpartum Period.
Banoofatemeh S1, Oreyzi HR2, Bahadoran P3.
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1
Student Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
2
Department of Psychology and education sciences faculty, School of Eduecational Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
3
Department of Nursing and Midwifery Reaserch Centre, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
The broad concept of maternal well-being includes psychological concepts, social aspects, and aspects of becoming a mother. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of implementing the Alexander technique on enjoying the sense of motherhood.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
This study was a clinical trial conducted in two phases. In the first phase, using the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, 226 mothers were asked to undergo a scale test of enjoying the sense of motherhood after childbirth. In the second phase, 88 pregnant women were divided into two experimental groups. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire about enjoying the sense of motherhood. Independent samples t-test, Mann-Whitney test, Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, analysis of variance test, Box test, and Levine test were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS:
Results of this study showed that the mean scores of the constructs of enjoying pregnancy (P > 0.001), motherhood, and child care satisfaction (P > 0.001) in the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group. Moreover, the construct of trusting their own abilities to cope with maternal duties (P > 0.01) did not show significant differences between the two groups.
CONCLUSIONS:
The findings indicated that the Alexander technique can promote mothers' psychological well-being and their pleasure of becoming a mother and the related constructs. Results also revealed that using this technique, educating and recommending pregnant women to use this technique will be beneficial.
KEYWORDS:
Alexander technique; Iran; maternal well-being; postpartum period
PMID:
29033996