Maternal Resilience: Reconsidering an Academic Conceptualization from Mothers’ Perspectives

There are few studies that focus on women's voices in mental health and resilience in motherhood. And few studies centre on women's active participation in mental health and resilience research in motherhood. Little is known of women's views on how resilience should be defined or measured, and the ways in which resilience research may be advanced. Finally, there is sparse data on perinatal mental health in an Irish context.