ADOLESCENT MOTHERHOOD IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT: A STUDY WITH ADOLESCENTS MOTHERS IN TWO COMMUNITIES (URBAN AND SEMI-RURAL) IN BAHIA

Authors

  • Ana Lúcia B. Fonsêca
  • Ana Cecilia de S. Bastos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.46144

Keywords:

family, adolescent motherhood, cultural context, social support.

Abstract

This work describes how families Dom two communities in Bahia cope with adolescent motherhood and how their cultural context interferes in the relationship mother-child. Twenty adolescent mothers from Vale das Pedrinhas (urban arca) and another twenty from Areia Branca (semi-rural arca) were interviewed at home. The resulte emphasize family support as a central element in lhe adolescent mother’s condition and also that lhe adolescent mothers from lhe urban arca (VP) share more this role with the other family members, because ali the mothers
continued living in their original family nucleus, and theirmothers were mainly responsible for the child. The majority of adolescent mothers from the semi-rural arca (AB) constituted themselves their own family nucleus, being the only responsible for the child’s caring and education. It was possible to observe the naturalization of precocious maternity in the two arcas; however, it was stronger in the semi-rural arca (AB). The family is the main reference point of the individuals, specially in lowincome communities.

Author Biographies

  • Ana Lúcia B. Fonsêca
    Mestra em Educação (IFBA), professora da UNIT/Se
  • Ana Cecilia de S. Bastos
    Doutora em Psicologia (UNB), Docente do Departamento de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação do Instituto de Saúde Coletiva da UFBA. Pesquisadora Il-C do CNPq.

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Published

2001-06-19

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2001)

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