- Title
- The role of dissonance in the experience of mothering
- Creator
- Wing-Quay, Vanessa
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Text; Thesis; Doctorate
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/32820
- Identifier
- vital:3460
- Identifier
- http://library.federation.edu.au/record=b1449209
- Abstract
- Maternal dissonance, a specific type of maternal cognition, has been researched little in terms of its importance for the mother. This lack of research has occurred despite the fact that general social discourse assumes the vital importance of dissonant cognitions, based on the notion of the 'perfect mother' image. In the research reported here, maternal dissonance was studies in relation to maternal well-being.; Professional Doctorate in Psychology
- Publisher
- University of Ballarat
- Rights
- Copyright Vanessa J. Wing-Quay
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Cognitive dissonance; Mothers; Psychology; Parenting; Australian Digital Thesis
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