Title

Empowered healing: Boosting confidence and resilience through self-affirmation in post-cesarean mothers

Authors

Atchaya Rajagopal¹, Sumathi Chandran², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran*³, Vanitha Narayanasamy Naidu⁴, Azhgar Jan Thoulath Khan¹, Jessy Raja¹ & Amudha Chinnappan¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Government Hospital for Women and Children, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical Usniversity, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁴Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Atchaya Rajagopal - E-mail: r.atchaya1998@gmail.com
Sumathi Chandran - E-mail: surendransumathi@yahoo.in
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E-mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com
Vanitha Narayanasamy Naidu - E-mail: nvanitha967@gmail.com
Azhgar Jan Thoulath Khan - E-mail: azhgarjan123@gmail.com
Jessy Raja - E-mail: jessytvmalai@gmail.com
Amudha Chinnappan - E-mail: amudhamadhu1976@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

The impact of self-affirmation as a therapeutic intervention for postpartum mothers who have undergone cesarean sections, aiming to enhance their self-confidence and resilience is of interest. A true experimental design with pre-test and post-test measures was used, involving 60 mothers in both experimental and control groups. The results showed that the experimental group exhibited significant improvements in self-confidence and resilience following the intervention. Positive self-affirmation techniques, including educational materials on diet, hygiene, and newborn care, contributed to these improvements. Thus, we show that positive self-affirmation significantly enhanced psychological well-being and coping abilities among mothers who had cesarean sections.

Keywords

Positive self-affirmation, self-confidence, self-resilience, cesarean mothers

Citation

Rajagopal et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2657-2660 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.