'n Ondersoek na die persepsie en uitvoer van die moederlike rol

[摘要] ENGLISH SUMMARY: The purpose of this research was to determine how women experience motherhood. This was done byobserving what they do as mothers and what their perceptions are of what other mothers do. Attention wasalso given to the significant sense of coherence (SOC), which is an indication of women's psychologicalwell-being. Mothers of children in creches and playschools in the Somerset West area were included inthis study. A biographical questionnaire, three checklists on household and child care activities and a senseof coherence questionnaire have been used. Comparisons among the three work status groups (fulltimehousewives, part time workers and fulltime working mothers) with regard to demographical characteristicswere made. Gardening was the only household activity where mothers of the three work status groupsdiffered with regard to the choice they had in doing it. According to Somers d-measure, mothers'experience of voluntary service, repairing a household appliance or piece of furniture or spending time oncar maintenance, regardless oftheir work status, was the same. With regard to three child care activitiesstatistical significant associations were found, namely watching programs on educational television with achild, transporting children to a lesson, practice or social event and for praising a child for taking care ofself. A definite trend and tendency was found in this research. The largest percentage of mothers at allthe child care activities indicated that they thought the behaviour was typical, but in many cases a largepercentage of mothers were not actually involved in this themselves. It seems that mothers' own rolebehaviour or role activity (what they do) differs from their perceptions of what other mothers do. Thisresearch could not indicate whether possible differences between perception and enactment (activebehaviour) ofthe mothering role has any impact on the psychological wellbeing on women. A one-wayanalysis of variance indicated a Significant difference among the three work status groups' SOC scores.According to the Post Hoc comparison the significant difference exists between the fulltime housewives andthe fulltime working mothers. It was found that the fulltime housewives had on average higher sense ofcoherence (SOC-29) scores than the fulltime working mothers. We recommend the design ofpsychological programs to contribute to the equipment of women.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University