Young motherhood in Singapore : strategies for managing stigma and maintaining positive self-esteem.
The young mother identity is a stigmatized identity in Singapore, and this research illustrates how such negative perceptions that others hold of these individuals affect their sense of self and self-esteem. In this paper, I argue that young mothers do not passively accept such a negative label, but...
Main Author: | Gomes, Gillian Anne. |
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Other Authors: | Sulfikar Amir |
Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51653 |
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