Teen mothers who are daughters of teen mothers: Psychological intergenerational dimensions of early motherhood |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Forensic Child and Youth Care Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018, WS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584, CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States;2. Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD, United States;3. Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States;1. Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States;2. Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR, United States;3. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States;1. Medical School, Australian National University, Florey Building, 54 Mills Road, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia;2. Justice Health Services, Hume Health Centre, Alexander Maconochie Centre, Hume, ACT 2620, Australia;3. Institute of Child Protection Studies, Level 2, Blackfriars Building, 223 Antill Street, Watson, ACT 2602, Australia;1. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;2. Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada |
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| Abstract: | IntroductionResearchers have shown that being a daughter of a teenage mother is a risk factor regarding the possibility of having early, unprotected sexual intercourse and of falling pregnant. The experiences of young mothers in such situations and the aspects of intergenerational transmission in the mother–daughter relationship have not been well investigated.ObjectivesThis study analyses the experience of motherhood in young mothers (18–20 years at the time of the interview/15–16 at the time of their pregnancy) who are daughters of teen mothers themselves from the psychodynamic perspective of intergenerational transmission.MethodsSix young mothers from Southern Italy were selected and interviewed. A semi-structured interview was used to explore the early experience of pregnancy and motherhood and their relationship with their own mothers. The interviews were analysed through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).ResultsFive superordinate themes emerged: I didn't want, I didn't see and I didn't feel; Adolescence? I suddenly became a mother; History repeats itself again and again; Confused Spaces and How difficult is coming into the world?ConclusionAdolescent mothers, who themselves are daughters of teen mothers, seem to have difficulty in representing the meanings associated with their experience of pregnancy and motherhood. A lack of narrative transmission of the experience of pregnancy from mothers to daughters emerged. The implications for research and social policies will be discussed. |
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