Maternal Role Satisfaction

• Is the highest with one child.

• Is the lowest with 3-4 children.

• Then increasing again with larger families.

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More specifically, Nye Carlson, & Garrett (1970) found that family affect decreases and family stress increases with an increase in number of children, with a slight improvement with 5 or more children. They also found that maternal role satisfaction was highest with one child, lowest with 3-4 children, then increasing again with larger families.