Open AccessPercepción de la relación afectiva con los padres como principal factor que influye sobre el embarazo en adolescentes en Veracruz, México
Author(s) -
Karina Ivonne Trinidad-Noguera,
Virginia de,
Berenice Carrasco-Ponce,
Enrique Sánchez-Valdivieso
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista sobre la infancia y la adolescencia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2174-7210
DOI - 10.4995/reinad.2015.3420
Subject(s) - humanities , philosophy
A qualitative study was conducted in the VIFAC house at Veracruz, Mexico; pregnant teenagers who attended this institution where interviewed. Based on the data obtained from the investigation, we observed risk factors that exponentially increased that teenage girls between 12 and 19 years of age get pregnant, viewed from the perspective of own teenager. This study was conducted on a sample of 16 participants divided in two groups, one of pregnant teenagers and one with parent and / or guardian of these, so get a broader situation of each scenario and to evaluate how each of the factors were influencing their environment so that pregnancy is arrived at such young age, for which we apply two types of semi-structured interview depending on the group to which they belonged