Satisfação e composição da rede de apoio social a gestantes adolescentes

Abstract

Young pregnant women's perception on their satisfacti on and on the composition of their social support network is provided. Research involved a sample of 1 00 young females, between the 3 rd and 9 th month of pregnancy, who underwent prenatal examination in public hospitals o f Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. An interview comprising bi o-demographics data and the Social Support Questionnaire were employed. Results show that participants were hi ghly satisfied with the received social support and indicate that the main support protagonists were the mother, the partner, f riends and the father, in this order. Adolescents who counted on the social sup port of parental figures were those who were most sati sfied. Above results indicate that the parents' social support d uring pregnancy is crucial for the feeling of well-b eing and satisfaction with the received social support.