Motherhood and Personality

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1969 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> Foreword by Professor Norman Morris, Preface, 1 History and Theory of Psychosomatic Methods of Preparation for Childbirth, 2 Psychoanalytical Perspectives and Obstetrics, 3 Problems in the Study of Childbirth, 4 The Research, 5 Analytical Tools, 6 The Confinements, 7 Negativity: Negative Factors in the Woman's Physical and Psychological History, 8 Relations between Negativity and Confinement, 9 Conclusions, Appendix I: Three Case-histories, Appendix II: Critical Review of the Literature on the, Psychology of Pregnancy and Childbirth and on Preparation for Childbirth, Bibliography, Name Index, Subject Index