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Representaciones sociales de la maternidad y su incidencia en la decisión de tener hijos
Fecha
2018Autor
Vélez Vásquez, Andrea
Botero Giraldo, Daniela Alejandra
Institución
Resumen
The objective of this research work is to know the social representations of motherhood and the incidence of these in the decision to have children, through semi-structured interviews with a group of women -- The social representations will be approached from the definition that makes them Moscovici, who argues that they are composed of three dimensions: information, attitude and field of representation to finally contrast with the decision to have children -- With regard to motherhood, previous research shows that it is a concept that has changed and continues to change over the years, according to cultures and times -- The interviews were conducted with four women between the ages of 22 and 24, the results indicate that the four women interviewed have a positive representation of motherhood and are in favor of it, despite the fact that it seems to them that motherhood is a process of accompaniment that It lasts a lifetime and requires great efforts, for them motherhood is a great responsibility which makes it difficult for them to define it -- However, all the women interviewed want to be mothers someday, although this is not in their short-term plans, since they want to prepare themselves better for it first and achieve a better professional and personal development