Teenage Mothers' Experiences of Stigma

Autor/in	Yardley, Elizabeth
Titel	Teenage Mothers' Experiences of Stigma
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 11 (2008) 6, S.671-684 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Adolescents; Coping; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Social Values; Early Parenthood; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Public Policy; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sozialer Wert; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article is concerned with exploring the impact of stigma upon teenage mothers. Drawing upon the findings of in-depth interviews with 20 teenage mothers, the study explores the ways and contexts within which stigma is experienced and identifies differential effects and coping mechanisms reported by the participants. Thereafter, it is suggested that, within many teenage mothers' families of origin, there exists a value system within which young motherhood is worthy and esteemed, a tradition at odds with contemporary ideals for motherhood. The discussion then considers the disjunction between the problematical perception of teenage motherhood among policy-makers and the views of teenage mothers themselves, and goes on to suggest possible implications of such contradictions for New Labour's social policy interventions into the lives of young people. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10