Resilience in the Perinatal Period and Early Motherhood: A Principle-Based Concept Analysis.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(8)2022 04 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1809873
ABSTRACT
A context-specific delineation of research approaches to resilience in the perinatal and early motherhood literature is currently lacking. A principle-based concept analysis was used to establish a description of how women's resilience is currently conceptualised and operationalised within empirical research in the perinatal period and early motherhood (defined as up to five-years postpartum). CINAHL, Medline, PsychInfo, EMBASE, ASSIA, Web of Science, Scielo, Maternity and Infant Care, the Cochrane Library, and the World Health Organization were systematically searched (January/February 2020 and March 2022). Fifty-six studies met the inclusion criteria. Analysis demonstrated interchangeable use of associated concepts such as 'coping', 'coping strategies', and 'adaptation'. Resilience was frequently operationalised as the absence of illness symptomatology, rather than the presence of mental well-being. Investigations of positive areas of functioning were predominately related to the mother's family role. There was limited qualitative exploration of women's perspectives. Recommendations for the pragmatic application of resilience research were not well developed. The narrow operationalisation of resilience by mental ill-health and parental role, and the distinct absence of women's perspectives, restricts the logical maturity and pragmatic application of the concept. Future research may benefit from exploration of women's insights on indicators that might best reflect positive functioning and resilience in this period.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parturition
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Postpartum Period
Type of study:
Qualitative research
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Reviews
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph19084754
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