Unleashing the potential of metaphors: a categorization system for exploring return to work after maternity

IF 3.2 3区 医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY
Sebastiano Rapisarda, Valentina Santoro, Laura Dal Corso
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Abstract

Purpose

Return to work after maternity leave represents a radical change in women’s lives. This paper aims to present a new metaphor categorization system based on two studies, which could assist working mothers in expressing the nuances of their experience when returning to work after maternity leave.

Methods

We carried out the analysis of the metaphors according to the method for thematic analysis, through a multistep, iterative coding process. To ensure the researchers encode the data similarly, inter-coder reliability was achieved through the judges’ agreement method. The level of agreement between the two judges was measured by Cohen’s kappa.

Results

In Study 1, we established a system comprising ten metaphor categories (namely, Natural event and/or element, Challenge and destination, Movement and/or action, Fresh start, Fight, Game and hobby, Animal, Alternate reality, Means of transport, Hostile place). In Study 2, we recognized the same metaphor categories observed in Study 1, except “Means of transport”, even with data sourced from a distinct participant group, an indicator of credibility in terms of inter-coder reliability.

Conclusion

Findings highlight the usefulness of this new metaphor categorization system (named Meta4Moms@Work—Metaphors system for Moms back to Work) to facilitate a more straightforward elicitation of the meanings employed by working mothers to depict their return to work after maternity leave. Leveraging these insights, researchers/practitioners can develop and execute primary and secondary interventions aimed to enhance working mothers’ work-life balance, well-being, and mental health.

释放隐喻的潜能:探索产后重返工作岗位的分类系统。
目的产假后重返工作岗位代表着女性生活的彻底改变。本文旨在以两项研究为基础,提出一个新的隐喻分类系统,以帮助职业母亲表达产假后重返工作岗位时的细微体验:我们根据主题分析方法,通过多步骤、反复的编码过程对隐喻进行了分析。为确保研究人员对数据进行相似的编码,我们通过评委一致法实现了编码者之间的可靠性。两位评委的一致程度通过科恩卡帕进行测量:在研究 1 中,我们建立了一个由十个隐喻类别组成的系统(即自然事件和/或元素、挑战和目的地、运动和/或行动、新的开始、战斗、游戏和爱好、动物、另类现实、交通工具、敌对场所)。在研究 2 中,我们发现了研究 1 中观察到的相同隐喻类别,但 "交通工具 "除外,即使数据来源于不同的参与者群体,这也是编码器间可靠性方面的一个可信指标:研究结果凸显了这一新隐喻分类系统(名为 "Meta4Moms@Work--妈妈重返工作岗位隐喻系统")的实用性,它有助于更直接地了解职业母亲在产假后重返工作岗位时所使用的含义。利用这些见解,研究人员/从业人员可以制定和实施初级和次级干预措施,以提高职业母亲的工作与生活平衡、幸福感和心理健康。
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Archives of Women's Mental Health
Archives of Women's Mental Health 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
8.00
自引率
4.40%
发文量
83
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Archives of Women’s Mental Health is the official journal of the International Association for Women''s Mental Health, Marcé Society and the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology (NASPOG). The exchange of knowledge between psychiatrists and obstetrician-gynecologists is one of the major aims of the journal. Its international scope includes psychodynamics, social and biological aspects of all psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders in women. The editors especially welcome interdisciplinary studies, focussing on the interface between psychiatry, psychosomatics, obstetrics and gynecology. Archives of Women’s Mental Health publishes rigorously reviewed research papers, short communications, case reports, review articles, invited editorials, historical perspectives, book reviews, letters to the editor, as well as conference abstracts. Only contributions written in English will be accepted. The journal assists clinicians, teachers and researchers to incorporate knowledge of all aspects of women’s mental health into current and future clinical care and research.
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