Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Beck, Cheryl
Abstract
One out of every ten women aged 15-19 in the United States becomes pregnant each year, yet few studies have been conducted to determine what is important to the teenage mother. The purpose of this study is to develop a structural description of the lived experience of being a teenage mother. Six teenage mothers who attended a teen parent program in a local high school were interviewed. Using Giorgi's method of interpretation for phenomenological studies, a general description of the lived experience of being a teenage mother was developed. Actual quotations from the interviews are utilized to illustrate the themes which emerged and possible resolutions and implications for further nursing research discussed.
Extent
107 p.
Recommended Citation
Serey, Alice M., "lived experience of being a teenage mother" (1992). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 327.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/327
Identifier
FADT14836
Comments
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing