Department of Health Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria.
S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2023 Dec 27;65(1):e1-e10. doi: 10.4102/safp.v65i1.5707.
Terminating a pregnancy can be a traumatic life event, resulting in negative emotions that can diminish women's self-worth. Support from different sources, including health support groups, could be beneficial in restoring a woman's self-worth. This article aimed to present findings on the impact of a support group intervention on the self-worth of women who terminated a pregnancy in adolescence.
A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive approach, using in-depth, semi-structured interviews, was used to collect data. Thematic analysis guided the data analysis.
Five themes emerged from the data: reasons for joining the support group; enhanced emotional and physical wellbeing; self-forgiveness; spiritual growth and participants' voices.
Participants described why they needed to join the support group. It became clear that the intercession was effective in the short term as it enhanced participants' self-worth by encouraging them to accept themselves thereby altering their self-condemning emotions, replacing them with self-love.Contribution: The study recommends that a support group should be considered as a backup for women who terminated a pregnancy and have lost their self-worth.
终止妊娠可能是一个创伤性的生活事件，导致负面情绪，从而降低女性的自我价值感。来自不同来源的支持，包括健康支持小组，可能有助于恢复女性的自我价值感。本文旨在介绍支持小组干预对青春期终止妊娠女性自我价值感的影响。
采用定性、探索性和描述性方法，使用深入的半结构化访谈收集数据。主题分析指导了数据分析。
从数据中出现了五个主题：加入支持小组的原因；增强情感和身体健康；自我原谅；精神成长和参与者的声音。
参与者描述了他们为什么需要加入支持小组。很明显，干预措施在短期内是有效的，因为它通过鼓励参与者接受自己，从而改变了他们自我谴责的情绪，用自爱取代了自我谴责的情绪，从而增强了参与者的自我价值感。
该研究建议，对于失去自我价值感的终止妊娠的女性，应该考虑支持小组作为后备支持。
