Maternal psychology: Reflections on the 20th anniversary of Deconstructing Developmental Psychology
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The process of becoming a mother, or matrescence, was first introduced in the 1970s by Dana Raphael.
“The process of becoming a mother, or matrescence, was first introduced in the 1970s by Dana Raphael, Ph.D., a female medical anthropologist who studied birth and breastfeeding and also coined the word ‘doula’.”
From A critical need for the concept of matrescence in perinatal psychiatry (2024) · cites this paper as [15]
Matrescence was largely neglected until half a century later when the author revived it to complement diagnostic views in maternal mental health and expanded its definition further.
“It was largely neglected until half a century later when the author revived it to complement diagnostic views in maternal mental health and expanded its definition further (15).”
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- Authors
- Athan, A., & Reel, H. L.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Athan, Aurélie
- ORCID
- Athan, Aurélie
- Venue
- Feminism & Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-02-02
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 311-325
- ISSN
- 0959-3535 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7161
- OpenAlex
- W2316878085
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 4.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Feminism & Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Keywords
- maternal psychology, motherhood, mother-infant relationship, history of developmental psychology
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