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ATTITUDES TOWARD MOTHERHOOD AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS
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Introduction: Motherhood is an important part of life of every woman. The aim of our study was to find out views on motherhood among adolescent girls. Methods: The non-standardized questionnaire of our own design was employed in the study. The study sample consisted of 141 female students of secondary school. The age of the respondents ranged from 17 to 20; the average age was 18 ± 0,79 years. For data processing we used a simple descriptive statistics. Results: In analyzing the results, we found that most respondents plan to start a family in the future. Most respondents want to have 3 children or more. The average age of adolescent girls deemed most appropriate for having a baby was 24,87 years. The most cited reason for having a family was mutual love and attraction partners; and the most important conditions were a long-term relationship and marriage. In forming views on motherhood in adolescent girls, the greatest impact of the family and partner was found. Respondents considered being happy and feeling of love the most positive benefits of motherhood; and less time for themselves, increased expenses and great responsibility the most negative ones. Conclusion: Despite the varying opinions of young people on motherhood nowadays, in our research we found out that motherhood is in the eyes of adolescent girls still perceived positively. From the perspective of midwifery, it is a favourable outcome, in particular with regard to the trend of decreasing fertility, as well as a fact that starting a family and also the birth of the first child is moving increasingly into higher age, which brings many risks with it.
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