2022, Number 1
Communication and cohesion in families of adolescents who interrupt pregnancy in Cienfuegos city
Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 46-58
PDF size: 242.68 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Background: Communication and cohesion constitute fundamental categories in the dynamics of families with pregnant teenage daughters.Objective: to determine the type of communication and cohesion in families of adolescents who interrupt the pregnancy.
Methodology: A descriptive observational study was carried out in 40 adolescent pregnant women and their families. The following techniques were applied: Assessment scale, test of perception of family functioning, subscale of family cohesion and family coat of arms; besides the semi-structured interview with relatives of the adolescents, other variables were included like: sociodemographic, family communication and cohesion.
Results: The ages of 16 and 18 predominated, the upper middle level of schooling, student occupation, consensual union, urban origin, no children, no history of previous pregnancies, 57.5 % of adolescents and 65 % of their relatives considered regulate family communication, 62.5 % of adolescents perceived intermediate cohesion in their families, results close to 57.5 % of their relatives.
Conclusions: The adolescents were in the late stage, they were students, they maintained consensual union with their partners, they had no children, nor previous pregnancies. In the families of the adolescents who terminated their pregnancies, communication was regular and they rated cohesion as intermediate.
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