Processo da paternidade na adolescência

Abstract

This qualitative study aimed at learning the masculine conception of paternity and understanding the masculine strategies to cope the legal, social and affective pressures of this process. The collection of information was done through semi-structured interview with eight adolescents from Porto Alegre - RS, Brasil, ranging between 15 and 19 years old, who experienced paternity. The interpretation and analysis were based on the content analysis. From the analysis of these youngsters' reports the following categories have emerged: Adolescents Relationship; Paternity and Gender; and, Meaning of Being a Father. The attentive look to paternity in adolescence brings to light the comprehension of issues regarding the masculine exclusion in objective life experiences marked by the commitment with paternity.

Fatherhood in adolescence in the context of the health services, school and community

“…It was possible, however, to perceive the absence of reciprocity in the development of the interactions between the health team and the adolescent father, due to the scarcity of reports regarding the same directly with the nurse and/or other health professional. The health services are perceived as disorganized in the sense of the inclusion of the adolescent father, both in the prenatal consultations and in assistance with the experience of fatherhood, 1,4,6 which corroborates this study's findings. One can say, therefore, that the context has a key role, as it is in this that the interactions and the proximal processes occur.…”

“…Thus, the community may be understood as a promoter of human development, socialization, and the construction of identity. 6 The adolescent may experience innumerable feelings, including contradictory ones, and the recognition and understanding of the new role of fatherhood do not always occur immediately, given that the role may be constructed during the experience of fatherhood. 4,21 This consideration encompasses, as well as the microsystem of the family, the importance of friends, neighbors, teachers and the health team as actors who can support the adolescent in the development of the role of father, through establishing reciprocal interactions over prolonged periods of time.…”

“…3 Thus, this social posture can cause, in the adolescent fathers, greater difficulties in human development in the process of fatherhood, in the active participation in the pregnancy, and in the raising of their children and of the new family; perhaps explaining their withdrawal from the relationship. [4][5][6] In this way, when studying fatherhood in adolescence, it is essential to visualize the person comprehensively, in his context made up of social relations and the environments in which he is integrated. In these contexts, there are emotional, cultural, religious and family influences experienced in the different levels of society (family and community), dictating how the affective, emotional and economic interactions will be established between father, mother and child.…”

“…In these contexts, there are emotional, cultural, religious and family influences experienced in the different levels of society (family and community), dictating how the affective, emotional and economic interactions will be established between father, mother and child. 6 The co-participation of other social actors, however, is of great relevancy so as not to focus excessively on the family as the significant support network. 7 In this regard, studies [8][9][10] identify possible benefits of including the adolescent father in an articulated social network, which may be made up of the school, community and the health service itself.…”

Paternidade na adolescência: a família como rede social de apoio

“…21 The family can play a mediator role in this transition phase between adolescence and adulthood, brought about unexpectedly by paternity. This was made evident by Bernardo (19), when the adolescent stated that after talking to his family he really managed to help in taking care of his son.…”