HOW DO MOTHERS NURTURE LOVE VIA PARENTING?

Jamiah Manap, Fazilah Idris, Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, Zuraidah Ali

Abstract


Love and compassion is the most persuasive emotional attachment in the family. Mothers true love empower children survival in the world and hereafter. Thus, the research aims to understand on how the Malaysian exemplary mothers award winner (Ibu Mithālī) show their love and mercy to their children in order to develop parent-child attachment. To answer the research question, research was done using Grounded Theory approach. As a result, three main themes were emerged: physical touch, emotional touch and spiritual touch. Love and mercy from mothers are pertinent in child development. Therefore, mothers should nurture their children with love and compassion to balance firm discipline and strict rules in the family.


Full Text:

PDF

References


Abdullah Nasih Ulwan. (2010). Tarbiatul aulad fil Islam (Nurturing children in Islam). Singapura: Pustaka Nasional.

Bick, J., Dozier, M., Bernard, K., Grasso, D., & Simons, R. (2013). Foster mother–infant bonding: Associations between foster mothers’oxytocin production, electrophysiological brain activity, feelings of commitment, and caregiving quality, Child Development, 84, (3): 826–840.

Brooks, J. (2012). The process of parenting. Boston: Mc Graw Hill.

Carter, C. S. (1998). Neuroendocrine perspectives on social attachment and love. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 23, 779–818. doi:10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00055-9

Jamiah Manap. 2013. Parenting skills: Exploring the success stories of Ibu Mithali’s parenting style and nurturance of their children. Tesis Doktor Falsafah, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa.

Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2006). The young child in the family and community. Ney Jersey: Pearson Merril Prentice Hall.

Landgraf, R., & Neumann, I. (2004). Vasopressin and oxytocin release within the brain: A dynamic concept of multiple and variable modes of neuropeptides communication. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 25, 150–176

Maslow, A.H. 1970. Motivation and Personality. Ed. ke-3. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.

Miller, J. G; Kahle, S., Lopez, M., & Hastings, P. D. (2015). Compassionate love buffers stress-reactive mothers from fight-or-flight parenting. Developmental Psychology. 51 (1): 36-43. doi: 10.1037/a0038236.

Nik Safiah Nik Abdul Karim & Rokiah Talib. (2004). Ibu Mithālī: Hajjah Wan Mas binti Wan Ibrahim (Exemplary mother: Hajjah Wan Mas binti Wan Ibrahim). Kuala Lumpur: Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia.

Noor Aziah Mohd. Awal. (2011b). Ibu Mithālī ke-9: Hajjah Esah binti Din (1937-) (The 9th exemplary mother: Hajjah Esah binti Din (1937-)) in Siri dokumentasi MPWIM: Ibu Mithālī (MPWIM documentation series: Exemplary mother). Edited by Nik Safiah Nik Abdul Karim & Noor Aziah Mohd Awal. Kuala Lumpur: Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia.

Rubin, Z. 1970. Measurement of romantic. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 16 (2): 265-273.

Rubin, Z. 1974a. Lovers and other strangers: The development of intimacy in encounters and relationships: Experimental studies of self-disclosure between strangers at bus stops and in airport departure lounges can provide clues about the development of intimate relationship. American Scientist, Vol. 62, No. 2 (March-April 1974), 182-190.

Rubin, Z. 1974b. From liking to loving: Patterns of attraction in dating relationships. Dlm. Huston, T. L. (pnyt.). Foundations of Interpersonal Attraction. New York: Academic Press.

Salamatussaadah Abd. Ghadur & Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir. 2009. Hubungan romantik dan remaja hamil luar nikah di pusat pemulihan. Jurnal E-Bangi. Vil 4, No. 1, 106-113.

Sidek Baba. (2010). Keluarga sakinah (Peaceful family). Shah Alam: Alaf 21.

Siti Nor Yaacob. (2008). Perkembangan remaja (Adolescent development), in Keluarga, Kanak-kanak dan Remaja (Family, Children and Teenager), edited by Rozumah Baharudin and Rahimah Ibrahim. Serdang: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, Abidah Abd Rahim dan Nurul Aida Abdul Ghani. (2011). Cinta Motivasi Berfikir. Kuala Lumpur: Utusan Publications and Distributors

Webster, B. (2012). Lisa Appignanesi's all about love: Anatomy of an unruly emotion. Women's Studies. 41 (3): 324-330. doi: 10.1080/00497878.2012.655207.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


DISCLAIMER

The editors and publisher of Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia have made every possible effort to verify the accuracy of all information contained in this publication. Any opinions, discussions, views and recommendations expressed in the article are solely those of the authors and are not of Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, its editors or its publisher. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, its editors and its publisher will not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary, or other damages arising therefrom.