Objective To explore the relationship between primipara′s mother role identity with depression and anxiety . Methods Totally 213 primiparas in our hospital were selected .The self -designed Primipara′s Mother Role Recognizing Scale , Self‐Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self‐Rating Depression Scale(SDS)were applied to measure the mother role identity ,anxiety and depression degrees before delivery ,at postpartum 1 week and puerperium period .Results The anxiety value at postpartum 1 week were extremely significantly higher than that before delivery and at the puerperium period (P<0 .01);the depression value at postpartum 1 week were extremely significantly higher than that before delivery and at the puerperium period (P<0 .01);the total scores of role playing ,role adaptation and role identity at the puerperium period were significantly higher than those at postpartum 1 week(P<0 .05);primipara′s anxiety and depression were negatively correlated with the primipara′s mother role identity (r=-0 .03- -0 .30) .Conclusion The degree of mother role identity is negatively correlated with the parturition event progress ,iden‐tity process and moods of depression and anxiety .