Experiences of Early Motherhood among Thai Adolescents: Perceiving Conflict Between Needs as a Mother and an Adolescent

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dc.contributor.authorRudee Pungbangkadeeen_US
dc.contributor.authorSukanya Parisunyakulen_US
dc.contributor.authorKannika Kantaruksaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKasara Sripichyakarnen_US
dc.contributor.authorSusan Koolsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T08:23:28Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T08:23:28Z
dc.date.created2010-03-25en_US
dc.date.issued2010-03-25en_US
dc.description.abstractAdolescent mothers are considered to be at high risk of becoming mothers because of psychological immaturity, and their own normal development needs that may conflict with the needs of their child. Adolescents’ perception and meaning of motherhood determine their strategies to live with conflicting needs. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the experiences of early motherhood among Thai adolescents who had a child ages less than 6 months. Participants were 21 adolescent mothers who attended at well baby clinics of the Health Centers 49, Taksin Hospital, and Siriraj Hospital. Data collection and analysis were guided by grounded theory approach. The data collection and analysis occurred simultaneously during August 2004 to December 2005. Data were collected by multiple in-depth interviews and participant observation. The findings demonstrated that “living with conflict between needs as a mother and an adolescent,” was a core category of the process in developing early motherhood. Four ‘perceiving conflicting needs’ which included perceiving conflict between focusing on the child and the self, perceiving conflict between taking care of the child and desiring to go to school or work, perceiving conflict between concerning maternal images and self-images, and perceiving conflict between interdependence with family and independence from family, was emerged and identified as the causal condition that led adolescent mothers to use strategies for living with conflicting needs. These findings recommended that health care providers need to be more sensitive to adolescents’ perceiving conflicting needs in order to promote using appropriate strategies leading to positive experience of motherhood and positive mother-child outcomes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThai Journal of Nursing Research; Vol.12 No.1 January-March 2008; 70-82en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/132407
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe Thailand Nursing Councilen_US
dc.rightsThailand Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ministry of Public Health, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/TJNR/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/TJNR/article/view/2402en_US
dc.titleExperiences of Early Motherhood among Thai Adolescents: Perceiving Conflict Between Needs as a Mother and an Adolescenten_US
dc.typeArticlesen_US
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