MINIMUM MAP OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE EXERCISE OF PARENTHOOD IN THE ADOLESCENCE

Abstract

Aim: to identify the support network to teenage fathers through the Minimum Map of Relationships, which consists of a registering of personal social network, in which included all the individuals interacting with it. Method: study of qualitative, exploratory and descriptive approach, a clip from the data of the multicenter research Social Networks of Support to Teenage Parenthood. It was developed with teenage parents in the period June 2009 to June 2010, six months after the birth of (a) child (a). Result: it was possible to observe that there were weaknesses in the social support network, as the family constituted the main source of support of the teenage father. Conclusions: it is important that the teenage father can count on a diversified net of support, including family, friends and health services so that the paternity can be lived in the healthiest way possible.