Psychological context of the motherhood phenomenon

The article considers motherhood as a social and personal phenomenon of modern society in terms of alienation in the field of child-parent relations, growth of hedonism, consumerism, individualism. Conceptual views of motherhood in the context of a psychosocial phenomenon are formed by two points: as providing conditions for child development and as a part of woman's personality sphere, including a certain level of development of her self-identity and the result of active choice of her personality as a subject. The paper discusses the factors that affect maternal sphere development, personality components of maternal maturity, semantic experience of motherhood, psychological readiness to motherhood.