‘It Seems Hard for Her, but She Tries to Be Strong’: Early Childhood Community Practitioners' Accounts of Foreign Mothers' Vulnerabilities in Alexandra Township, South Africa

IF 2.9 4区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Chloe Laumann, Josien de Klerk, Nicki Dawson
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This qualitative study explores challenges foreign mothers face in caring for newborns in Alexandra Township, South Africa, from the perspective of Early Childhood Community Practitioners (ECCPs). Based on 21 observational reports written by ECCPs and 3 triangulation interviews, the study explores practitioner accounts of specific vulnerabilities and their impact on the ability of foreign mothers to respond to their infants. Using a vulnerability framework, the study shows three themes related to the experiences of 21 foreign mothers aged between 23 and 38, the majority being from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, that practitioners associated with mothers' ability to take care of their babies: experiences of structural and systemic challenges, challenges related to social and caregiving support, and resilience narratives. The interplay of different vulnerabilities shapes parenting infants at particular moments in time. The study concludes that ECCPs associate the parenting capacity of foreign mothers with the emotional toll of their experiences and the uncertainty of social support.

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“这对她来说似乎很难,但她试图坚强”:南非亚历山德拉镇幼儿社区从业人员对外国母亲脆弱性的描述
本定性研究从幼儿社区从业者(eccp)的角度探讨了南非亚历山德拉镇外国母亲在照顾新生儿方面面临的挑战。基于21份观察性报告和3次三角访谈,本研究探讨了从业者对特定脆弱性的描述及其对外国母亲应对婴儿能力的影响。使用脆弱性框架,该研究显示了与21名年龄在23至38岁之间的外国母亲(大多数来自莫桑比克、马拉维和津巴布韦)的经历相关的三个主题,从业者将其与母亲照顾婴儿的能力联系起来:结构性和系统性挑战的经历,与社会和护理支持相关的挑战,以及弹性叙事。不同弱点的相互作用在特定时刻塑造了养育婴儿的方式。该研究的结论是,外国籍母亲的养育能力与她们经历的情感损失和社会支持的不确定性有关。
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Infant and Child Development
Infant and Child Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
CiteScore
2.90
自引率
9.10%
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93
期刊介绍: Infant and Child Development publishes high quality empirical, theoretical and methodological papers addressing psychological development from the antenatal period through to adolescence. The journal brings together research on: - social and emotional development - perceptual and motor development - cognitive development - language development atypical development (including conduct problems, anxiety and depressive conditions, language impairments, autistic spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders)
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