Abstract
PurposeTo delve further into the phenomenon of psychological pressure on single mothers, the purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect the psychological state of single mothers in Vietnam.Design/methodology/approachInterpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) interviews were conducted and analysed with the aim of understanding the psychological state of single mothers sampled from a social group in Vietnam.FindingsSingle mothers lack direct support needed to improve their confidence, job opportunities, income levels and social status. The absence of interventions increases the psychological pressure on single mothers in Vietnam.Research limitations/implicationsA future study can explore the psychological state of single mothers using a more expansive data set.Practical implicationsUnderstanding the psychosocial and socio-economic risk factors of postpartum psychological pressure in single mothers may have important implications on preventative and support measures, as well as laying the groundwork for social protection interventions and informing welfare policy-making at a national level.Social implicationsSocial constructs in Vietnam compound the effect of postnatal depression on Vietnamese single mothers (in contrast to their counterparts in developed Western nations). This means that researchers and policymakers need to reconstruct stigmas that cause psychological pressures on single motherhood, and in doing so, help to change the view held about single motherhood.Originality/valueThis study is the first to explore psychological state of mothers in Vietnam using IPA.
Highlights
One widely neglected field of study in developing nations is that of the psychological health of single mothers in relation to childbirth and raising a child or children
The overall actual psychological state (APS) – Figure 2, converges with the ideal psychological state (IPS) it is impossible to pinpoint which items in Figure 1 predominate this effect
It emerged that all participants were initially in an IPS but that this situation rapidly changed, causing them to be in what we describe as an APS (Figure 2)
Summary
One widely neglected field of study in developing nations is that of the psychological health of single mothers in relation to childbirth and raising a child or children.
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