The Main Challenges Student Mothers Experience to Manage Their Dual Roles

Taukeni, Simon George

doi:10.14355/ijap.2014.0303.04

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“…), accommodation fees, feeding, purchase of other logistics including drugs are some of the listed challenges faced by SMs. 4,[10][11][12] It has been reported that some students voluntarily withdraw from the program only to rejoin after weaning their babies, 4 while many had to interrupt their studies because the college would not accommodate them in the hostels. 13 These challenges impact negatively on such learners, consequently affecting their academic work and results and eventually stalling progress toward the achievement of their set goals.…”

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Challenges and Coping Strategies of Student Nursing Mothers in University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Anibijuwon

Esimai

2020

Int Q Community Health Educ

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The rigor of combining motherhood with education poses great challenge to student nursing mothers (SNMs). This study identified the challenges experienced by the SNMs and determined the factors associated with the challenges experienced in University of Ibadan, Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria. This study utilized a nonprobability sampling technique of snowballing. Responses were elicited from 250 consenting SNMs using the pretested semistructured questionnaire. The SNM challenges were measured on 15-point scale. Challenges scores were classified as moderate (≤9) and severe (≥10). The mean age of the SNMs was 29.5 ± 2.8 years. Majority of the respondents (70.0%) reported facing severe challenges which included economic, childcare, and academic challenges (43.2%, 37.2%, and 24.8%, respectively). χ2 test showed significant associations between ages, course of study, and level of study of the SNMs (χ2 = 10.520, p = .005; χ2 = 14.934, p = .002; and χ2 = 9.523, p = .002, respectively) and the overall challenges experienced. Research findings reveal that childhood health problems occurred mostly among SNMs having problems breastfeeding their babies.

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Challenges and Coping Strategies of Student Nursing Mothers in University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Anibijuwon

Esimai

2020

Int Q Community Health Educ

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“…A Phenomenological research design was used because it deals with lived experiences on a given phenomenon (Vagle, 2018). Generally feminist researchers use qualitative research methods to produce in-depth understanding of women's experiences and focus on women diversity as a focus of examination (Reid, 2004;Taukeni, 2014).…”

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“…According to Taukeni (2014) from Namibia who investigated challenges associated with five (5) single student mothers using a qualitative approach through the use of semi structure interviews and feminists theory (Stanley, 2013), he discovered that student mothers faced two major challenges such as lack of time to manage parenting roles and studying, and others include; missing lectures, restless, angriness, loneliness, failing some courses and qualifying exams, and recommendations included the establishment of student mothers' support group on campus to ease isolation and stress related to the dual role.…”

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The Husbands’ Support: The Experiences of off-Campus Married Muslim Student Mothers in Private and Religious Institutions of Higher Learning in Uganda—A Case of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU)

Madinah¹,

Michael²,

Rose³

2021

WJER

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While IUIU policies allow students to officially get married the same institution does not allow babies in halls of residence yet it has not put in place the necessary facilities and arrangements on campus to enable them juggle their multiple roles as Married Muslim Student Mothers (MMSM) in completing their academic undertakings. This poses a challenge due to constrained finances that make it difficult due to inability to pay maid thus causing frustrations which later affects their academic performance. The research adopted a Feminism theory and other supporting theories to explore the experiences of married Muslim student mothers, husbands support, institutional policies, challenges and coping strategies. The study was allocated within a qualitative research paradigm and involved semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 30 undergraduate university married Muslim student mothers. Key findings were that the married Muslim student mothers’ experiences were child care and excess workload: husbands’ support included emotional and financial support: institutional support comprised of lack of child care support, support from lectures, family and friends: challenges involved time management, lack of support from lecturers, transport costs, excess workload, fixed timetables and lack of social and financial support: coping strategies included time management skills, faith and Allah, assistance with child care, creating extra time and advise. These findings have implications for policy in terms of empowerment, support to enable them to amalgamate competing roles of student mothers. MMSM operate in a family system which influences their decisions hence failure to make independent decisions but rather seek approval from their husbands. If MMSM are to succeed with their endeavors of completing their education while married they should submit to their husband in order to receive emotional and financial support to fulfill their academic dreams and a better future.

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“…According to [22] social expectations are that their motherhood status is incompatible with being in school and are therefore often pushed-out, denied admission or they themselves self-select out of school. The student mothers tend to have overload of domestic chores and child-care roles, besides undertaking intensely high-pressure demands of academic work [23].…”

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Influence of Family Factors on Student Mothers' Educational Participation in Public Secondary Schools in Baringo County, Kenya

Ayub¹,

Ronoh²,

Chepchieng³

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The Main Challenges Student Mothers Experience to Manage Their Dual Roles

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Challenges and Coping Strategies of Student Nursing Mothers in University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Challenges and Coping Strategies of Student Nursing Mothers in University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

The Husbands’ Support: The Experiences of off-Campus Married Muslim Student Mothers in Private and Religious Institutions of Higher Learning in Uganda—A Case of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU)

Influence of Family Factors on Student Mothers' Educational Participation in Public Secondary Schools in Baringo County, Kenya

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