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dc.contributor.authorSheeran, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorJones, Liz
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-15T23:56:44Z
dc.date.available2017-10-15T23:56:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0743-5584
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0743558415615942
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143054
dc.description.abstractPreterm birth represents an interruption to the normal development of maternal identity and is considered a highly stressful event for adult mothers. However, no research has investigated whether or how preterm birth affects the adolescent mother’s transition to motherhood. The current study aimed to explicate the experience of being a mother for adolescent women who experienced a preterm or term birth in Australia. This Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Study analyzed interviews with 14 primiparous, English-speaking adolescent mothers (15-19 years; 10 preterm and 4 full term) who participated in three interviews over a 12-month period. Findings suggested few differences in the experience of being a mother due to infant birth status. Instead, the experience of being a mother was fundamentally about transformations to the self. The young women constructed themselves differently as a result of being mothers. Changes included moving away from delinquent behaviors, development of internal resources, growth of a positive view of self, gaining meaning in their lives, and reconciling idealized and actual notions of self and other. This research adds to our understanding of how motherhood shapes the adolescent women’s lives, while also challenging our assumptions about the impact of preterm and full-term birth for adolescent mothers.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom700
dc.relation.ispartofpageto724
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Adolescent Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther psychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode529999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleMotherhood as the Vehicle for Change in Australian Adolescent Women of Preterm and Full-Term Infants
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 SAGE Publications. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorSheeran, Nicola J.


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