The Relationship of Empowerment and Postpartum Self-care Behavior of Teenage Mother
Keywords:
Empowerment, Self-care Behavior, Postpartum Teenage MotherAbstract
The purpose of this research was to study the relationship of empowerment and postpartum self-care behavior of teenage mother. Samples were 100 in postpartum teenage mother by purposive sampling. Research instruments were a demographic questionnaire, the opinion of empowerment in teenage mother, and postpartum self-care behavior of teenage mother which was tested for content validity and reliability. The Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient of questionnaire was .95. Data were analyzed by using frequency, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s product moment correlation.
Findings revealed that the empowerment correlated the postpartum self-care behavior of teenage mother at the most was the nurse ( = 4.22, SD = .75) and the least was the client (
= 3.72, SD = .81). The postpartum self-care behavior of teenage mother was a high level (
= 3.90, SD = .22) at the most was the therapeutic self-care demand (
= 4.25, SD = .74) and the least was the theory of self-care (
= 3.02, SD = .91). The empowerment was positively correlated with the postpartum self-care behavior of teenage mother at statistically significant level of .01. (r = .56).
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