Improving the well-being of teen mothers through resilience-focused interventions in rural schools

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dc.contributor.advisorKhanare, F. P.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Schalkwyk, Johan Harold Dirken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-18T11:31:37Z
dc.date.available2023-08-18T11:31:37Z
dc.date.issued2021en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe well-being and resilience of teen mothers (TM) is adversely affected after the sudden transition into motherhood, due to lack of sufficient support in their social environment, such as the family, church, and the school, leading to an increase in school "drop-outs". This study used the Social Ecology of Resilience model as its building block and theoretical framework. The interpretivist paradigm used in qualitative research was used to conduct this research in rural secondary schools in QwaQwa, where the researcher aimed to explore and articulate the feasibility of resilience-focused intervention programmes for teen mothers in rural schools as a way of improving their well-being. The researcher used the amended semi-structured interviews and the draw-and-write technique, as an arts-based method, to generate data. These data gathering methods explain the factors that could either enable or constrain resilience-focused interventions for teen mothers whose well-being needs to be improved in rural schools. The selection of the teen mothers was based on their demographics and location. Five teen mothers from five different rural schools were purposefully selected to participate in the current study. This study used thematic analysis to analyse text with conferred and demonstrated results. The main aim of this study was to investigate how enhancing the well-being of teen mothers through resilience-focused interventions in rural schools can effectively enhance their learning and personal development. The findings of the study were multi-faceted. The study proposed intervention strategies which involve a support package for teen mothers that entails unified, interconnected, and inclusive community structures, such as local health institutions, FBOs, neighbourhoods, inter alia. The draw-and-write technique, as an arts-based method of investigation, was an alternative form of communication other than words which was used by teen mothers to recreate and share their life experiences. One of the teen mothers explained that drawing pictures and sharing her story was also therapeutic. Lastly, the schools should play a critical role in implementing effective, resilience-focused interventions to support and empower teen mothers to cope with early parenthood, academic responsibilities and psycho-social demands.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/12131
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertation (M.Ed (Psychology of Education))--University of the Free State, 2021en_ZA
dc.subjectImprovingen_ZA
dc.subjectresilience-focused interventionen_ZA
dc.subjectrural schoolsen_ZA
dc.subjectteen mothersen_ZA
dc.subjectwell-beingen_ZA
dc.titleImproving the well-being of teen mothers through resilience-focused interventions in rural schoolsen_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen_ZA
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