Antecedent factors of maternal identity among primiparous Thai teenage mothers

Abstract

Purpose Maternal identity (MI) is the attainment of maternal role adaptation. Though the role of the motherhood is expected to be achieved, teenagers, who are still developing their personal identity, do not always clearly identify or align with their role of motherhood. The purpose of this paper is to determine the structural relationship among a set of variables, infant temperament (IT), strain (ST), social support (SS), self-esteem (SE) and balanced family functioning (BF) influencing MI and to test the model using the empirical data. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 353 primiparous Thai teenagers of infants aged 4–12 months. A self-administered questionnaire comprised six scales with Cronbach’s α coefficients ranging from 0.81 to 0.93. The structural equation modeling method was employed to test the validity of the model undertaken using Mplus Software. Findings The model fit the empirical data well (χ2/df=2.17, CFI=0.92, TLI=0.91, RMSEA=0.06, SRMR=0.05). The MI could explain 62 percent of the variance through its set of variables. Three antecedents, i.e. IT, ST and SS, had a direct effect while SE and BF had an indirect effect on MI. The IT had the highest total effect on the MI, while ST was a mediator among other study antecedences concerning the MI. Originality/value The model adequately fit the data among teenage mothers one-year postpartum. Promoting MI should strongly diminish strain and encourage positively perceived infant temperament, self-esteem, social support and balanced family functioning.

Funcionalidad Familiar de Adolescentes Asistentes a control prenatal. Cartagena 2021

“…Al efectuar comparaciones con otros estudios, Sevillano y Machare (27), reportan que las adolescentes gestantes suelen recibir apoyo de su pareja al asistir a los controles prenatales (44%) y de amistades (33,33%). En cuanto el nivel educativo Panthumas y colaboradores (28), mostraron que se mantiene las adolescen- tes en nivel secundario (68%), conviven con su pareja (69,1%), y que no contemplaron el quedar embarazadas (79%). Valladarez ( 29).…”

“…Finalmente, en cuanto a las variables de asociación resultó que el tipo de familia monoparental donde principalmente la cabeza del hogar es la madre, si bien no primó en este estudio, se identifica de impacto en cuanto a la funcionalidad, al relacionarse con el hecho de acompañar a la adolescente a los controles prenatales como se argumentó en el estudio de Panthumas y colaboradores (28). De acuerdo con estos autores, asistir con compañía a los controles prenatales constituye una muestra de apoyo social, el cual se consigue en la medida en que las familias presenten buena funcionalidad.…”

“…cuidad. 2023;20(1):[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] tasa mundial de embarazos a esta edad se calcula en 46 por cada 1.000 adolescentes, a la vez que a nivel de América Latina y el Caribe continúan en 66,5 nacidos por cada 1.000 niñas de entre 15 y 19 años, la segunda más alta del mundo luego de África Subsahariana (4).En Colombia el Ministerio de Salud revela que el 13,8% de las mujeres con edades de 13-19 años han estado embarazadas, sobre todo en zonas rurales (18,6%). Es importante destacar que, en las zonas rurales de Colombia, cada año toman lugar cerca de 40.000 nacimientos en niñas y mujeres adolescentes(5).…”

Antecedents Service Quality at Mother and Child Hospital in Purwakarta

“…It offers a wide range of social and healthcare services, as well as early childhood education (Nowicki et al, 2018). If the child care center performs admirably in terms of important service qualities, it is very easy for them to gain the approval and satisfaction of parents, thereby contributing to increased competitiveness; otherwise, working mothers are expected to be dissatisfied, resulting in a decline or loss of competitiveness (Panthumas et al, 2019).…”

“…Nowicki et al (2018) highlighted that training influences training transfer both directly and indirectly via mediating job happiness; this partially mediates between the transmission of training and the quality of the client experience. Panthumas et al (2019) stated that young doctors and nurses are less likely to leave their professions due in part to the perceived excellent quality of care and higher job satisfaction. However, Pramono (2019) indicated few differences in work characteristics and job satisfaction.…”