Black Teenage Mothers and Their Mothers: The Impact of Adolescent Childbearing on Daughters' Relations with Mothers

Maternidade adolescente

“…Já entre os fatores sócio-emocionais associados à gravidez, são mencionados: experiências prematuras de perdas (Folle & Geib, 2004); relação emocionalmente distante com o pai ou privação emocional (Anteghini et al, 2001;Landy, Schubert, Cleland, Clark & Montgomery, 1983;Lee, 2001;Oz, Tari & Fine, 1992;Pinheiro, 2000;Taquete, 1992); abuso sexual (Freitas & Botega, 2002;Miller et al, 2001); alcoolismo paterno (Taquete, 1992;Viçosa, 1993); família monoparental (Anteghini et al, 2001;Coley & Chase-Lansdale, 1998;Hockaday et al, 2000;Lee, 2001;Miller et al, 2001;Viçosa, 1993); baixa auto-estima, expectativas educacionais modestas e atitudes tradicionais em relação ao papel da mulher na família (Hockaday et al, 2000); gravidez da própria mãe na adolescência (Cerveny, 1996;Dadoorian, 1998;Freitas & Botega, 2002;Kaplan, 1996;Marcelli & Braconnier, 1989;Silva & Salomão, 2003;Taquete, 1992;Viçosa, 1993); presença de irmã sexualmente ativa ou já mãe (Miller et al, 2001). Além disso, são mencionados o desejo de engravidar (Gomes, Costa, Sobrinho, Santos & Bacelar, 2002); de ter uma família harmoniosa (Taquete, 1992); de construir uma relação íntima e uma sexualidade adulta com o parceiro (Amazarray, Machado, Oliveira & Gomes, 1998); de certificar-se da própria capacidade reprodutiva, de construir uma identidade feminina (Dadoorian, 1998;2003;Kahhale, 1997;…”

Identity Transformation and Family Caregiving: Narratives of African American Teen Mothers

“…Defining new identities helped them to bring a sense of order to their lives. Similarly, Kaplan (1996) found that “In attempting to get their lives ‘back on track,’ teen mothers developed their own impression‐management strategies. Most tried to shift the perception of themselves as problem daughters to that of good mothers” (p. 439).…”

Young African American Grandmothers: A Missed Developmental Stage

“…This highly charged emotional case is an example of the complex problems that exist when young black women become grandmothers prematurely. Kaplan (1996) notes that teenage motherhood is a source of conflict for everyone in the family and that frequently strained relations arise between young grandmothers and their teenage daughters which take years to resolve. It is clear, therefore, that young grandmotherhood may represent a crisis period and these grandmothers may encounter several adjustment phases which are attendant to grief based on the loss of their well-earned and deserved freedom.…”