Cargando…
Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study
(1) Background: Spirituality is a factor that plays a role in decisions related to health and illness. When a woman becomes a mother, she undergoes physical, psychological, and social changes for which healthcare professionals must provide the necessary care. However, women may feel misunderstood an...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2023
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10671127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37998424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11222932 |
_version_ | 1785140081662623744 |
---|---|
author | Moreno-Ávila, Isabel del Mar Martínez-Linares, Jose Manuel Mimun-Navarro, Karim Pozo-Muñoz, Carmen |
author_facet | Moreno-Ávila, Isabel del Mar Martínez-Linares, Jose Manuel Mimun-Navarro, Karim Pozo-Muñoz, Carmen |
author_sort | Moreno-Ávila, Isabel del Mar |
collection | PubMed |
description | (1) Background: Spirituality is a factor that plays a role in decisions related to health and illness. When a woman becomes a mother, she undergoes physical, psychological, and social changes for which healthcare professionals must provide the necessary care. However, women may feel misunderstood and stigmatized when they carry out their religious practices and express their spirituality related to motherhood. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of women with Muslim and Christian religious ideologies on the influence of spirituality and religious beliefs in motherhood and child-rearing. (2) Methods: A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study with two groups of women of Islamic and Christian ideology, respectively. Three focus groups and in-depth interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed, and analyzed with ATLAS.ti 7.0. An inductive analysis was carried out according to the Moustakas model. (3) Results: Three themes were identified: religious and cultural aspects that determine child-rearing, the influence of spirituality and family on the mother’s role, and the support received from healthcare personnel. (4) Conclusions: Spirituality and religious beliefs are manifested during motherhood and child-rearing in the form of infant feeding, the need for their protection, or the need for support from mothers. Healthcare personnel must be able to offer culturally competent and spiritually respectful care. Patients should not be judged based on their spirituality. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-10671127 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2023 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-106711272023-11-09 Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study Moreno-Ávila, Isabel del Mar Martínez-Linares, Jose Manuel Mimun-Navarro, Karim Pozo-Muñoz, Carmen Healthcare (Basel) Article (1) Background: Spirituality is a factor that plays a role in decisions related to health and illness. When a woman becomes a mother, she undergoes physical, psychological, and social changes for which healthcare professionals must provide the necessary care. However, women may feel misunderstood and stigmatized when they carry out their religious practices and express their spirituality related to motherhood. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of women with Muslim and Christian religious ideologies on the influence of spirituality and religious beliefs in motherhood and child-rearing. (2) Methods: A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study with two groups of women of Islamic and Christian ideology, respectively. Three focus groups and in-depth interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed, and analyzed with ATLAS.ti 7.0. An inductive analysis was carried out according to the Moustakas model. (3) Results: Three themes were identified: religious and cultural aspects that determine child-rearing, the influence of spirituality and family on the mother’s role, and the support received from healthcare personnel. (4) Conclusions: Spirituality and religious beliefs are manifested during motherhood and child-rearing in the form of infant feeding, the need for their protection, or the need for support from mothers. Healthcare personnel must be able to offer culturally competent and spiritually respectful care. Patients should not be judged based on their spirituality. MDPI 2023-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10671127/ /pubmed/37998424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11222932 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Moreno-Ávila, Isabel del Mar Martínez-Linares, Jose Manuel Mimun-Navarro, Karim Pozo-Muñoz, Carmen Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study |
title | Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study |
title_full | Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study |
title_fullStr | Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study |
title_short | Muslim and Christian Women’s Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study |
title_sort | muslim and christian women’s perceptions of the influence of spirituality and religious beliefs on motherhood and child-rearing: a phenomenological study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10671127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37998424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11222932 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT morenoavilaisabeldelmar muslimandchristianwomensperceptionsoftheinfluenceofspiritualityandreligiousbeliefsonmotherhoodandchildrearingaphenomenologicalstudy AT martinezlinaresjosemanuel muslimandchristianwomensperceptionsoftheinfluenceofspiritualityandreligiousbeliefsonmotherhoodandchildrearingaphenomenologicalstudy AT mimunnavarrokarim muslimandchristianwomensperceptionsoftheinfluenceofspiritualityandreligiousbeliefsonmotherhoodandchildrearingaphenomenologicalstudy AT pozomunozcarmen muslimandchristianwomensperceptionsoftheinfluenceofspiritualityandreligiousbeliefsonmotherhoodandchildrearingaphenomenologicalstudy |