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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The transition to first time motherhood in Hong Kong Chinese women: a grounded theory study.

January 2001 (has links)
Li Siu-yan Susan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-168). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract (English version) --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese version) --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.v / Table of Contents --- p.vi / List of figures --- p.ix / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background of the study --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Maternal role attainment --- p.6 / Transitional theory --- p.16 / Feminist approaches to transition to motherhood --- p.23 / Local research on transition to motherhood --- p.26 / The rationale of the study --- p.30 / Chapter III. --- METHODS --- p.34 / Design --- p.34 / Setting --- p.39 / Sample --- p.39 / Ethical issues --- p.41 / Data collection --- p.42 / Data analysis --- p.46 / Trustworthiness of the study --- p.53 / Summary --- p.57 / Chapter IV. --- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION --- p.59 / Conceptual categories --- p.61 / Keeping harmony --- p.62 / Giving of self --- p.63 / Discontinuity of self --- p.64 / Caring for (m)other --- p.75 / Replenishing --- p.91 / Daydreaming --- p.92 / Fortifying support --- p.98 / Developing self --- p.117 / Rewards of mothering --- p.118 / Achieving maternal competency --- p.121 / Renegotiating relationships --- p.127 / With mother-in-law --- p.130 / With husband --- p.135 / With work --- p.137 / The storyline --- p.139 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.141 / Summary of the study --- p.141 / Implications for midwifery practice --- p.146 / Limitations and recommendations for further study --- p.152 / Personal reflections on study --- p.153 / References --- p.156 / Appendix / Chapter A. --- Letters of approval - The Chinese University of Hong Kong --- p.169 / Chapter B. --- Letters of approval - general hospital --- p.170 / Chapter C. --- Subject information sheet for the participants (English and Chinese version) --- p.171 / Chapter D. --- Consent form from the participant (English and Chinese version) --- p.173 / Chapter E. --- Transcripts in Chinese language --- p.175 / Chapter F. --- Translation of transcripts in English --- p.195 / Chapter G. --- Demographic summary of interview participants --- p.214

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