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This book looks at the construction of maternal identity in the face of adversity, in the context of the cultural in-between of contemporary Africa.This book presents the cultural in-between of contemporary Africa, and the cultural containment of motherhood in this context, before tackling the construction of the maternal in a situation of early motherhood. Since adolescence and parenthood are two similar periods of development, the adolescent mother undergoes a dual identity construction that can hinder the psychic reorganization essential to the acquisition of the maternal role. In some teenage mothers, this situation leads to a deficient construction of the maternal identity and to disturbances in the mother-child relationship.There is also the construction of maternal identity following premature delivery. In the face of premature delivery, maternal processes are disrupted, leading to psychic disorganization in the mother-to-be. This constitutes a crisis that must be overcome if the construction of the maternal is to be effective.
About the author
KONFO TCHOLONG Clémence Idriss hat einen Doktortitel (PhD) in Psychopathologie und Klinik und ist ein junger Forscher, der sich mit Perinatal- und Gesundheitspsychologie befasst. Er ist assoziierter Dozent an mehreren universitären Einrichtungen in Kamerun.
