Relationship of motivation for motherhood with some sociodemographic variables and gender identity

• Main Authors: Vuletić Georgije M., Vuletić Teodora G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology 2016-01-01
• Series: Psihološka Istraživanja
• Subjects: motivation for motherhod; transition to parenthood; gender identity; gender roles; women's reproductive rights
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0352-7379/2016/0352-73791602127V.pdf

Main goal of the research was to explore the relationship between motivation for motherhood and some of the sociodemographic variables which have been noticed as significant in the similar researches of other authors, as well as relation to the gender roles and gender identity, according to the model proposed by Sandra Bem. The study was conducted on the sample consisting of 571 female students in Belgrade. Statistically significant correlations are confirmed between motivation for motherhood and number of siblings, age of subject's mother and age of subject's mother at first birth. The highest correlation is found between motivation for motherhood and femininity. It is also proposed a preliminary questioner, as the first step of constructing an adequate instrument for measuring motivation for motherhood. The questioner is used for estimation of motivation for motherhood in this research.