Online Communication And Social Support For Primiparas

Being a mother is a very important change in woman's life.It is exciting and challenging.In order to be qualified for the new role,pregnant woman who face tremendous pressure need support from all sides.Traditionally,Strong relationships like family and relatives are the main sources of support for pregnant women.With the extension of the Internet,network social support emerged as a new form of social support.Getting information,searching for emotional comfort,getting economic benefits from network,are becoming a new choice for pregnant women.And the difference between online social support and original social support from offline has become a new question.Reviewing the relationship between pregnant woman and network social support,WeChat and health communication,and weak relationship,Taking the 10 months of chat records from a maternal WeChat group at Chongqing JX hospital,and analyzing topics and the content,This research discuss the source of maternal stress and study how social media like WeChat helps the new generation of women to relieve pressure and be qualified for new roles.The study found that the content of this group mainly includes children,maternal self,family,work,mutual benefit,and gossip.The support of the group is mainly reflected in emotions Support and information support,material support and companion support : through online community to resolve loneliness and get emotional support;access to information within the group through consultation and answer,and complete self empowerment;access to mutual benefit from material support;obtain companion support through online relationships.And the social support obtained will change with the state of maternal status: the main support is emotional support and information support before reproduction;during most group members' reproduction,the proportion of companion support is greater than information support,after that information support Will be more than companion support,when most of group members can do better in child caring,emotional support and material support will be the most important.In addition,the study found that there are several motivations for group members use this groups: First,the reduction in support from offline strong relationships has led new generation of maternal women to search support on networks;Second,the increasingly refined parenting requirements have brought greater parental pressure and anxiety to those mother;Third,in modern society,atomized individuals are eager to gain a sense of belonging;Fourth,traditional family concepts and intergenerational relationships have given maternal help,and they have also brought pressure from another aspect,Much of these pressures are not able to communicate with offline relationship.Fifth,due to workplace pressure,maternal causes Need to get approval from other places to adjust the mentality;Sixth,the social security mechanism for child-rearing is not perfect,the media and other social eyes are also increasing the norms of maternity,their own emotions need to be resolved and catharsis.