Emotional and evaluative characteristics of mother's self-perception in the context of intensive parenthood

Abstract

The article presents the results of the emotional and evaluative characteristics of women's self-perception in the context of intensive motherhood. Such characteristics as satisfaction with the parental role and satisfaction with motherhood were studied. A total of 143 women aged 20 to 53 years (M = 36.62, SD = 6.03) with 1-4 children participated in the study (M = 1.86, SD = 0.74). Methods included: Intensive Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire (IPAQ) (Liss M., Schiffrin H.H., Mackintosh V.H., Miles-McLean H., Erchull M.J., 2013); ‟Parent Satisfaction Scale” (‟Parent Satisfaction Scale”, C.F. Halverson, H.P. Duke, 1991), adaptation of Yelena Kuftyak (2006); motherhood satisfaction questionnaire (Yelena Zakharova, 2012). We revealed numerous positive links between the indicators of satisfaction and the settings of intensive parenting. High expression of intensive parenting attitudes is accompanied by a higher level of satisfaction with the role of a parent, recognition of its high significance and importance, and it reflects a positive attitude of women to child-parent relationships, a high assessment of the success of the child's development and implementation of their maternal functions.