Egalitarian gender role attitude and the maternal role attainment of postpartum adolescent mothers during the pandemic of COVID-19
Keywords:
maternal role attainment, gender role attitude, adolescent mothersAbstract
The crossed- sectional study aimed to describe maternal role attainment, egalitarian gender role attitude, and its association among teen mothers during postpartum. The participants were 263 teen mothers. Data were collected from September 2021 to April 2022 with a researched questionnaire. The results showed that the maternal role attainment score and egalitarian gender role attitude of teen mothers were high (Mean=4.57, SD.=0.64; Mean =4.17, SD.= 0.92). There was a statistically significant association between the egalitarian gender role attitude score and maternal role attainment score (p-value < 0.01). The findings suggested that promoting the egalitarian gender role attitude corresponding with other social supports for teen mothers will enhance maternal role attainment.
Keywords: maternal role attainment, gender role attitude, teen mothers
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