La maternidad no deseada y sus efectos psicológicos en mujeres con hijos con una condición diagnóstica.

Abstract

This research is focused on the analysis of unwanted motherhood and its psychological effects on women with children who have a medical condition. It was considered essential to analyze this problem with young women, since it has been observed that there is a lack of data on the psychological consequences once their child is born or develops a medical condition. Thus, based on the descriptive method, we focused on identifying the different psychological effects that appear in these mothers. Therefore, the accomplishment of the first objective was based on a bibliographic review, where three possible influential factors in unwanted motherhood were established, in addition to justify the individual preferences of each woman. Subsequently, for the second objective, semi-directed interviews were applied to women who met the established criteria in the population, where the possible psychological effects of unwanted motherhood were identified. Finally, based on what was determined, it was possible to establish the importance of psychological intervention on these effects, which are a predominant part of these women's lives. This research pointed out the distinctive psychological effects manifested in each woman, in which guilt and anguish were the predominant ones.