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Unmarried women's ways of facing single motherhood in Sri Lanka : a qualitative interview studyJordal, Malin, Wijewardena, Kumudu, Olsson, Pia January 2013 (has links)
Background: In Sri Lanka, motherhood within marriage is highly valued. Sex out of wedlock is socially unacceptable and can create serious public health problems such as illegal abortions, suicide and infanticide, and single motherhood as a result of premarital sex is considered shameful. The way unmarried women facing single motherhood reflect on and make use of their agency in their social environments characterised by limited social and financial support has consequences for the health and well-being of both themselves and their children. The aim of this study was to explore and describe how unmarried women facing single motherhood in Sri Lanka handle their situation. Methods: This qualitative study comprised semi-structured interviews with 28 unmarried pregnant women or single mothers. The data were analysed by qualitative content analysis and the results related to the conceptual framework of social navigation. Results: The women facing single motherhood expressed awareness of having trespassed norms of sexuality through self-blame, victimhood and obedience, and by considering or attempting suicide. They demonstrated willingness to take responsibility for becoming pregnant before marriage by giving the child up for adoption, bringing up the child themselves, claiming a father for their child, refraining from marriage in the future, permanently leave their home environment, and taking up employment. Throughout the interviews, the women expressed fear of shame, and striving for familial and societal acceptance and financial survival. Conclusions: A social environment highly condemning of unmarried motherhood hindered these women from making strategic choices on how to handle their situation. However, to achieve acceptance and survival, the women tactically navigated norms of femininity, strong family dependence, a limited work market, and different sources of support. Limited access to resources restricted the women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, including their ability to make acceptable and healthy choices for themselves and their children.
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Teenage pregnancy : psychosocial and educational implications.Nxumalo, Zamokuhle Emmanuel. January 1997 (has links)
The present study explored the psychosocial and educational implications of teenage
pregnancy for a group of school going mothers. A questionnaire was administered to 20
teenage mothers who are school going. These mothers attended a traditionally African
school and are in grade 12. Issues covered by the questionnaire were subjects' prior
exposure to sexuality education, attitudes towards such education in schools, the role played
by their parents in imparting sexuality education to them, social-emotional-health and
educational risk factors of teenage mothers. Possible support structures were also explored.
A high percentage (85%) of the sample did not receive sexuality education from their
parents. The main source of sexuality education was their peer group. All of the sample
experienced socio-psychological risk factors such as shock, anxiety, frustration, loneliness,
depression and guilt. These were experienced both during and after their pregnancy. ·
Results indicated that the subjects' prior exposure to sexuality education was inadequate
They also experienced a lack of social and psychological support. The attitude of subjects
was that they favour the introduction of sexuality education into traditionally African
schools
In conclusion, it is hoped that the study will assist educators to gain insight into the needs
and problems of teenage mothers. There is an urgent need of guidance and support for
teenagers in traditionally African Schools. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1997.
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Unwed pregnant adolescents' perceived parental attitudes toward parent child relationships /Wurzel, Barbara J. January 1975 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University. / Bibliography: leaves 69-72. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Some Anticipated Reactions to a Hypothetical Premarital Pregnancy by One Hundred College Women Who Imagined They Were Impregnated by a Fiancé or by a Non FiancéAdler, William A. January 1966 (has links)
No description available.
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Qualitative reflections on teenage motherhood experiencesSodi, Edzisani Egnes 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University 2005 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the current study was to undertake a phenomenological
investigation on teenage motherhood and to learn how this experience forms
part of the teenage mother's life. Using the snowball sampling method, five
women aged between 26 and 35 years were selected to participate in the
study. All the five women became mothers during their teenage years. Indepth
interviews were conducted in Northern Sotho and Tshivenda depending
on the language preference and fluency of the participant. The interviews
were audio-taped, and later transcribed and translated.
A phenomenological method of analysis was used to transform the original
data into natural meaning units (NMUs) which were further interrogated so as
to distil central sociological themes that were associated with the experience
of teenage motherhood. Apart from the finding that the participants got
pregnant when they were aged between 16 and 18, five sociological themes
associated with teenage motherhood were identified. These are:
• Lack of knowledge about sexual relationships contributes to teenage
pregnancy and motherhood.
• Early childbearing has a negative impact on the teenage mother's
social relationships.
• Teenage mothers tend to experience emotional problems after delivery
of their babies.
• Teenage motherhood has a long term disruptive effect on the teenage
mother's educational and occupational opportunities.
• Teenage motherhood leads to significant lifestyle changes for those
who have been through the experience. In view of the above themes, sexual education both at school and at home, is
suggested here as a more viable option to help minimise the risk of teenage
motherhood in society. Whilst other options like abortion and the newly
introduced child support grant are also available to the teenage mother, these
are not considered favourable. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die huidige studie was om 'n fenomenologiese ondersoek oor
tienermoederskap te doen en uit te vind hoe hierdie belewenis deel uitmaak
van die tienermoeder se bestaan. Deur die sneeubaltoetsingsmetode is vyf
vroue tussen die ouderdomme van 26 en 35 jaar gekies om deel te neem aan
die studie. AI vyf vroue het tydens hulle tienerjare moeders geword. Diepteonderhoude
is in Noord-Sotho en Venda gevoer, afhangende van die
taalvoorkeur en -vlotheid van die deelnemer. Klankopnames is van die
onderhoude gemaak wat later getranskribeer en vertaal is.
'n Fenomenologiese analisemetode is gebruik om die oorspronklike data na
natuurlike betekeniseenhede (NMUs - natural meaning units) te herlei wat
verder ondersoek is om sentrale sosiologiese temas geassosieer met die
belewing van tienermoederskap te identifiseer. Behalwe vir die bevinding dat
die deelnemers swanger geraak het toe hulle tussen die ouderdom van 16 en
18 jaar was, is vyf sosiologiese temas geassosieer met tienermoederskap
geïdentifiseer. Hierdie temas is:
• 'n Gebrek aan kennis oor seksuele verhoudings dra by tot die
voorkoms van tienerswangerskappe en -moederskap.
• Vroeë kinderbaring het 'n negatiewe impak op die tienermoeder se
sosiale verhoudings.
• Tienermoeders is geneig daartoe om emosionele probleme te
ondervind na die geboortes van hulle babas.
• Tienermoederskap het 'n langtermyn ontwrigtende effek op die
tienermoeder se opvoedings- en werksgeleenthede.
• Tienermoederskap lei tot betekenisvolle veranderinge in lewenstyl vir
diegene wat die ondervinding deurgemaak het. Met inagneming van bogenoemde temas word hier voorgestel dat seksuele
opvoeding beide op skool en by die huis 'n meer lewensvatbare opsie is om
die risiko van tienermoederskap in die samelewing te verminder. Alhoewel
ander opsies soos aborsies en die nuutingestelde toekennings van
kinderonderhoud ook vir die tienermoeder beskikbaar is, word hierdie opsies
nie as bevorderlik beskou nie.
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The experience of pregnancy in teenage girls.Huttlinger, Kathleen Wilson. January 1988 (has links)
Pregnancy in unmarried teenaged girls in America today is a growing concern to health care workers, educators, government officials and parents. Pregnancy during adolescence is not an issue because births to teenagers are increasing but because teenage pregnancy is no longer a societal option. This paper describes adolescent pregnancy from within the context of the subculture of adolescence and from the perspective of 16 pregnant, teenaged girls. The findings revealed a description of the life experiences of pregnant teenagers and introduced health-care issues that were not previously disclosed in other research studies of pregnant teens. The anthropological concepts of liminality, the double-bind, social labeling, and schizmogenesis served to guide the research. The concepts also helped to explain many behaviors and observations that were made of the informants throughout the research. An ethnographic approach using participant observation and ethnographic interviews was used to collect data from 16 pregnant, unmarried, teenaged girls in a large Southwestern, urban area. The informants ranged in age from 14 through 19 years and represented various backgrounds. Nine informants resided in a home for unwed, pregnant teenagers with the remainder residing in diverse locations. Data analyses occurred concurrently with data collection as part of an ongoing process. Data were ordered and transcribed within a framework designed to enhance thematic analysis. Transcribed interview and observational data were transferred onto the Ethnograph, a data-management software program. Data were coded using substantive and conceptual codes. Codes were linked according to patterns of association and frequency of occurrence which in turn led to the revealing of recurrent thematic patterns. In all, eight themes were revealed: (1) pregnancy is bad; (2) loneliness; (3) waiting it out; (4) dependency; (5) looking bad; (6) giving up baby; (7) losing what was; and (8) losing control. Thematic content also disclosed many inconsistencies and double-binds between the larger Western macroculture and adolescent subculture. Ethnographic themes and expressions of these themes provided new information for constructing health-related interventions with pregnant teens.
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Single and Married Mothers: A Comparison of Parenting Stress, Parenting Skills, and Self-EsteemNichols, Linda Adams 08 1900 (has links)
This study compared divorced custodial mothers and mothers married to the biological fathers of their children on parenting stress, parenting skills, and self-esteem. The relationship between parenting stress, parenting skills, self-esteem, marital status, and life satisfaction was also examined. A total of 63 subjects, including 31 married mothers and 32 single mothers, was administered the Parenting Stress Index, the Parenting Skills Inventory, and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Subjects also completed a Demographic Data Sheet that included a Likert-type scale designed by the researcher to measure current life satisfaction. All subjects either attended church or lived in a geographic area of North Central Texas that is generally recognized as being somewhat affluent.
No significant differences were found on the t-tests comparing the mean total scores of the married and divorced mothers on levels of parenting stress, parenting skills, and self-esteem. A post hoc t-test revealed, however, that the group of married mothers had significantly higher mean total scores on the life satisfaction measure than the group of divorced mothers. Additionally, life satisfaction was found to be associated with parenting stress, parenting skills, self-esteem, and marital status. Specificallly, (a) as parenting stress increases, life satisfaction decreases, (b) as parenting skills increase, life satisfaction increases, (c) as self-esteem increases, life satisfaction increases, and (d) being married is associated with increased life satisfaction.
The results of this study would seem to indicate that single mothers have no more difficulty in overall coping than their married counterparts although they are less satisfied with their current life circumstances than the group of married mothers. Additional comparisons of the data suggested that neither group of mothers regarded their children as interfering with their social lives in a major way. Like most previous research, the data also indicated that the single mothers worked longer hours and had less money available for their families' use than the married mothers.
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Crisis intervention with unmarried mothers /Lau, Sin-hung, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1980.
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Pregnant with possibility : reducing ethical trespasses in social work practice with young single mothers /Weinberg, Merlinda, January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Roger Simon. Includes bibliographical references.
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A study on unwed mothers' decision-making concerning adoption and parenting /Liu, Ching-han, Rosannia. January 1996 (has links)
Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 132-139).
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