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- Title
Personal Growth and Meaning in Life Among First-Time Mothers and Grandmothers.
- Authors
Taubman - Ben-Ari, Orit; Ben Shlomo, Shirley; Findler, Liora
- Abstract
This cross-sectional study examined personal growth and meaning in life among mothers and grandmothers who recently went through major transitions in a woman's life. It investigated the contribution of the internal resources of perception of self (self-esteem) and perceived characteristics of the situation (cognitive appraisal of threat, challenge, and self-efficacy) and the external resource of perceived social support, as well as two background variables: age, and frequency of meetings between mothers and grandmothers. Participants were 152 first-time mothers 6-24 months after delivery, and their own mothers who were first-time grandmothers (n = 152). The results showed differential contributions to meaning in life and personal growth in the two generations, indicating that the proposed variables can indeed explain growth and meaning in life in these life stages. They reveal not only the similarities and differences between the response of mothers and grandmothers to these parallel life transitions, but also how information about one generation may help explain the response of the other. The different patterns of associations which emerged for growth and meaning in life are also discussed.
- Subjects
MATURATION (Psychology); MEANING (Psychology); CROSS-sectional method; SELF-efficacy; SELF-perception; SOCIAL support
- Publication
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 5, p801
- ISSN
1389-4978
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10902-011-9291-5