Pregnant adolescents: where do they look for support?

Authors

  • Roselí Aparecida Godinho UNESP; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
  • Joselaine Rosália Batista Schelp UNESP; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
  • Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada UNESP; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
  • Neide Marina Feijó Bertoncello UNESP; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000200005

Keywords:

adolescence, pregnancy in adolescence

Abstract

Adolescence is the age of crises, changes, adaptation to the new body and new attitudes towards life. If we add to this the meaning of pregnancy from personal, social and family points of view, we will understand how difficult it can be for the adolescents. The purpose of this study was to identify where the pregnant teenagers look for support. Results showed that they had family support, mainly from parents, and less frequently from the baby's father. It also showed the pregnancy acceptance, its retation to school abandonment, the girls' idealized vision of pregnancy and future expectations, the concern about biological aspects and the lack of concern about real problems.

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Published

2000-04-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2000)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Pregnant adolescents: where do they look for support?. (2000). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 8(2), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000200005