Southeastern Asia New Immigrant Primiparas’ States and the Related Factors of Being Mothers During Early Postpartum Period
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Shiao, Wei- Yun
Abstract
There were a lot of new immigrant women in Taiwan, and the phenomenon resulted in the increase of transnational marriages and families. The new immigrant women were pregnant after coming to Taiwan for six months on average. Hence, they not only had to adapt themselves to the transcultural environment and the quick change of their roles, but also had to undertake the mission of being mothers. The purpose of this research was to probe into southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas'' conditions and their related factors of being mothers during early postpartum period.his research was case-control study, and the study situation was a regional hospital in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The subjects were the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas. Purposive sampling was used to collect data from a total of 52 subjects.the comparison group consisted of 105 Taiwanese primiparas in the same hospital. The research tool used was self-written questionnaire, including maternal competence scale, maternal gratification scale, and maternal attachment scale. The scales were 5 point Likert-type scales. Higher scores showed higher maternal competence, higher maternal gratification, and higher maternal attachment. Data were collected after 3 to 5 days of delivery, and the question time was 15 to 30 minutes. Scale reliability used Cronbach’s α to judge the inner consistency. Scale validity was conducted with face validity and expert validity. SPSS for Windows 12.0 was used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics and inference statistics were respectively adopted to understand the backgrounds of the subjects. Descriptive statistics included percentage, general average, standard deviation, maximum, and minimum. Inference statistics included Pearson’s correlation, one-way ANOVA, t test, and Chi-square test.he major findings of this research were as follows: he average age of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas was 22 years old. Most of them (96.2%)did not have jobs. Those who graduated from junior high school accounted for 53.8% on education level. Their husbands'' jobs as labor workers accounted for 63.7%. Stem families accounted for 50%. In terms of support system, information support from nursing staff accounted for 76.92%. Emotional support from their husbands accounted for 88.46%. Tangible support from their husbands accounted for 88.46%. Taking the responsibility to take care of the family accounted for 26.9%. Compared with Taiwanese primiparas, the above all reached obvious statistical differences. The foregoing statement revealed that the socioeconomic status and the economic capability of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas were lower. The support system of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas was weaker than that of Taiwanese primiparas. More of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas had to take the responsibility to take care of the family members.he average score of maternal competence of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas was 99.40±7.78. The average score of maternal gratification of them was 24.37±3.74. The average score of maternal attachment of them was 61.52±5.04. The average scores revealed obvious differences from Taiwanese primiparas. This showed that the maternal competence, maternal gratification and maternal attachment of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas were lower. The related factor which affected the maternal competence of the southeastern Asia primiparas was age, and the maternal competence increased with age. The related factor which affected the maternal competence of Taiwanese primiparas was the experience of taking care of infants. The related factors which affected the maternal gratification of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas were age and education level. The maternal gratification increased with age. By the level of education, the maternal gratification of women who graduated from junior high school and above was higher than those who graduated from elementary school and below. The related factor which affected the maternal attachment of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas was the experience of taking care of infants. There were no related factors affecting the maternal gratification and the maternal attachment of Taiwanese primiparas. In terms of other related factors and support system of being mothers of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas, the support system of them mainly came from their husbands and the husbands'' families. This was different from Taiwanese primiparas, for the support system of Taiwanese primiparas not only included their husbands and the husbands'' families, but also included their mothers'' sides or friends. This showed the support system of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas was weaker than that of Taiwanese primiparas.onclusion：he southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas were young, and their support system was weak. The maternal competence, maternal gratification and maternal attachment of the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas were lower than those of Taiwanese primiparas. We suggested that nursing staff take the initiative to provide the southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas with learning methods and guidelines of being mothers.
Subjects
Southeastern Asia new immigrant primiparas
early postpartum period
maternal competence
maternal gratification
maternal attachment
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