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Motherhood: A Resource for Social Resilience and Holistic Wellbeing

Qamar, Azher Hameed LU (2021) INTERNATIONAL E-CONFERENCE ON CLINICAL PRACTICE AND REHABILITATION: THE INTERPLAY OF MIND, BODY, AND SOUL
Abstract
Background: The desire to be a mother is much more than a reproductive instinct in pro-baby (pro-natal) society. Motherhood is a complex phenomenon that encompasses psychological, social, and cultural aspects of a woman's holistic
well-being. A woman's socio-cultural visibility is enhanced through motherhood, which also strengthens her psychological status, enriches her spiritual experience, and ensures her economic sustainability. All of these aspects of motherhood
contribute to her transformative social experience, which allows her to achieve social resilience and holistic wellbeing. This paper, with an emphasis on motherhood as a psycho-social phenomena and an experience of social resilience for a woman,
provides a... (More)
Background: The desire to be a mother is much more than a reproductive instinct in pro-baby (pro-natal) society. Motherhood is a complex phenomenon that encompasses psychological, social, and cultural aspects of a woman's holistic
well-being. A woman's socio-cultural visibility is enhanced through motherhood, which also strengthens her psychological status, enriches her spiritual experience, and ensures her economic sustainability. All of these aspects of motherhood
contribute to her transformative social experience, which allows her to achieve social resilience and holistic wellbeing. This paper, with an emphasis on motherhood as a psycho-social phenomena and an experience of social resilience for a woman,
provides a reflective analysis of my qualitative investigations (2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2018a, 2018b, 2019, 2021) studying the value of the child and motherhood. Objectives: This paper pursues the following research questions; how does the value
of the child contribute to the social experience of a woman in pro-baby societies and how does the motherhood contribute as a resource for social resilience and holistic wellbeing of the woman? Method: The paper provides a reflective analysis
of seven qualitative studies that I did between 2016 and 2021 (three conference papers and four journal publications). These studies shed light on the importance of the child and motherhood in the Pakistani socio-cultural context. However, in this
paper, I am representing these studies to highlight motherhood as a resource for social resilience contributing to holistic well-being. To that end, I organized the findings of these research into a nexus of psychological, social, and cultural
dimensions of motherhood and the value of the child for a woman in Pakistani context. Results: An interpretation of motherhood as a phenomenon provided the script of social experience of women as mothers translated into social resilience
– a pathway to holistic wellbeing. The physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and familial dimensions of women's well-being are interconnected by a triangulation of psychological, social, and cultural experiences of motherhood. In this regard, motherhood shapes social resilience as an experience of change and challenge that leads to continuity and stability in pro-baby context. Conclusion: The findings of this paper can help to raise (research and practice) understanding regarding the social dimensions of resilience and holistic wellbeing. Motherhood is more than just a physical or psychological experience for a woman. It is a phenomenon that should be investigated and explained in the context of social experience and its impact on women's social resilience. (Less)
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INTERNATIONAL E-CONFERENCE ON CLINICAL PRACTICE AND REHABILITATION: THE INTERPLAY OF MIND, BODY, AND SOUL
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Lahore, Pakistan
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2021-12-08 - 2021-12-09
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English
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  abstract     = {{Background: The desire to be a mother is much more than a reproductive instinct in pro-baby (pro-natal) society. Motherhood is a complex phenomenon that encompasses psychological, social, and cultural aspects of a woman's holistic<br/>well-being. A woman's socio-cultural visibility is enhanced through motherhood, which also strengthens her psychological status, enriches her spiritual experience, and ensures her economic sustainability. All of these aspects of motherhood<br/>contribute to her transformative social experience, which allows her to achieve social resilience and holistic wellbeing. This paper, with an emphasis on motherhood as a psycho-social phenomena and an experience of social resilience for a woman,<br/>provides a reflective analysis of my qualitative investigations (2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2018a, 2018b, 2019, 2021) studying the value of the child and motherhood. Objectives: This paper pursues the following research questions; how does the value<br/>of the child contribute to the social experience of a woman in pro-baby societies and how does the motherhood contribute as a resource for social resilience and holistic wellbeing of the woman? Method: The paper provides a reflective analysis<br/>of seven qualitative studies that I did between 2016 and 2021 (three conference papers and four journal publications). These studies shed light on the importance of the child and motherhood in the Pakistani socio-cultural context. However, in this<br/>paper, I am representing these studies to highlight motherhood as a resource for social resilience contributing to holistic well-being. To that end, I organized the findings of these research into a nexus of psychological, social, and cultural<br/>dimensions of motherhood and the value of the child for a woman in Pakistani context. Results: An interpretation of motherhood as a phenomenon provided the script of social experience of women as mothers translated into social resilience<br/>– a pathway to holistic wellbeing. The physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and familial dimensions of women's well-being are interconnected by a triangulation of psychological, social, and cultural experiences of motherhood. In this regard, motherhood shapes social resilience as an experience of change and challenge that leads to continuity and stability in pro-baby context. Conclusion: The findings of this paper can help to raise (research and practice) understanding regarding the social dimensions of resilience and holistic wellbeing. Motherhood is more than just a physical or psychological experience for a woman. It is a phenomenon that should be investigated and explained in the context of social experience and its impact on women's social resilience.}},
  author       = {{Qamar, Azher Hameed}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  title        = {{Motherhood: A Resource for Social Resilience and Holistic Wellbeing}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/115411980/ABSTRACT_BOOKLET_ICCPR21.pdf}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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