Department of Social and Education Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
BMC Womens Health. 2022 Sep 27;22(1):392. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01958-w.
The law in Lebanon allows new mothers to take up to 10 weeks paid maternity leave, and some private organizations choose to give fathers 2 days of paternity leave in the absence of clear legislation. This falls short of the 6 months recommended for mothers in the literature.
The sample consisted of 97 Lebanese mothers with children between 6 and 24 months of age. First, we examined correlations between the length of maternity leave and measures of work productivity and maternal sense of competence in their new role as a parent. Second, we explored correlations between the length of maternity leave and mother-child adjustment measures (mother-infant bonding, maternal stress, and parenting guilt). Finally, we looked for predictors of work productivity and maternal sense of competence in demographic variables, mother-child adjustment measures, and partner attachment scores.
Results showed significant correlations between work productivity and maternal sense of competence, irrespective of the length of maternity leave. Regression analyses showed that working for pleasure, mother-infant healthy bonding, and positive subjective experience of being back to work were significant predictors of work productivity, and that maternal stress predicted maternal competence.
These findings are discussed within the framework of providing suggestions facilitating mothers' transition back to work and increasing work productivity after having a baby.
黎巴嫩法律允许新妈妈休长达 10 周的带薪产假，而一些私营组织在没有明确立法的情况下选择给予父亲 2 天陪产假。这与文献中建议母亲休 6 个月产假的时间相差甚远。
该样本由 97 名有 6 至 24 个月大孩子的黎巴嫩母亲组成。首先，我们研究了产假长度与工作生产力和新父母角色胜任感之间的相关性。其次，我们探讨了产假长度与母婴适应措施（母婴联系、母亲压力和育儿内疚感）之间的相关性。最后，我们在人口统计学变量、母婴适应措施和伴侣依恋评分中寻找工作生产力和母亲胜任感的预测指标。
结果表明，无论产假长短如何，工作生产力和母亲胜任感之间均存在显著相关性。回归分析表明，为乐趣而工作、母婴健康联系以及对重返工作的积极主观体验是工作生产力的重要预测指标，而母亲压力则预测了母亲的胜任感。
本文在为母亲重返工作岗位和提高生育后工作生产力提供建议的框架内讨论了这些发现。
