Significados atribuidos a la maternidad, emociones y migración internacional materna.

Abstract

Objective. This article is the result of research that included the relationship between meanings attributed to motherhood and emotions built at the family level in the context of international maternal migration. Methodology. Through a qualitative methodology with a hermeneutical approach, the predominant emotions and the meaning of motherhood were identified in the context of international migration. Results and conclusions. As results, three predominant emotional scenarios were analyzed, in which emotions such as guilt, sadness, compassion and gratitude prevailed over others; gratitude as an emerging emotion in the context of maternal migration and the compassionate look that engages the family studied in sustaining the traditional model of motherhood. In conclusion, motherhood continues to be highlighted as selfless work, of sacrifice and vital importance in the development of sons and daughters; nevertheless, international migration modifies the forms of the exercise of motherhood, but it does not disappear.