Maternal Navigational Strategies: Examining Mother-Daughter Dyads in Adolescent Families of Color
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Tracy R. Nichols, Associate Professor and Doctoral Program Coordinator (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Mother—daughter relationships are critical to the health and well-being of adolescent girls. Understanding mothers’ and daughters’ perspectives on the relationship can inform health promotion strategies that may benefit both. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with mothers (N = 12) and their adolescent daughters (N = 16). Narrative profiles were constructed to identify participants’ perceptions of each other and the relationship. Profiles were condensed into analytic poems that were compared and contrasted across roles and within and across dyads. Maternal navigational strategies of protection and preparation, and subthemes of maternal self-protection and daughter reverse protection emerged. The fabric of maternal strategies changed by girls’ developmental stage, with mothers of older daughters describing an interweaving of protection and preparation. Suggestions for future family nursing and health promotion research and campaigns are provided.
Maternal Navigational Strategies: Examining Mother-Daughter Dyads in Adolescent Families of Color
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Family Nursing, 16(4), 394-421
- Language: English
- Date: 2010
- Keywords
- adolescent, adolescence, mother - daughter relationships, transition, maternal strategies, families of color