Immigration and Motherhood on the transition to adulthood in Latin American young women

Authors

  • Adolfo Pizzinato Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - Programa de Posgrado en Psicología
  • Mariana Calesso-Moreira Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA)
  • João Pedro Cé Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
  • Ana Paula Eid Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

Keywords:

Juventud, Inmigración, Maternidad

Abstract

The Emerging Adulthood is a theory about psychosocial aspects of human development that considers the effects of globalization. According to the theory, there are five main characteristics in the Emerging Adult: Instability; Ambivalence; Autofocus; Experimentation; Age of Possibilities. With the aim of validating this framework with a group of 22 Latin-American young mothers who are immigrant in Spain, the present study used the principles of Content Analysis to qualitatively analyze interviews with the chosen population. Results show that the Emerging Adulthood may be useful to understand the phenomena involved in the contemporary youth even if the contextual issues have a greater impact in the transition to adult life.

Author Biographies

Adolfo Pizzinato, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - Programa de Posgrado en Psicología

Psicólogo, Máster en Psicología Social y de la Personalidad (PUCRS) y doctor en Psicología de la Educación (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona). Profesor de la Facultad de Psicología de la PUCRS - Programa de Posgrado en Psicología

Mariana Calesso-Moreira, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA)

Psicóloga, Doctora en Psicologia por la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, actualmente es Profesora  en la Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) – Rio Grande do Sul.

João Pedro Cé, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

Psicólogo, en la Maestría en Psicología Social en la Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Ana Paula Eid, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

Psicóloga, en curso de Maestría en Psicologia Social en el Programa de Posgrado en la Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

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Published

2013-07-30

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2: May-Ago 2013

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