Philippine E-Journals

Level of Self – Efficacy and Resilience among Adolescent Mothers

BEBELYN V MIRA | JANE NICHOLE C GUBALANE | CYRILLE Y PANIMDIM

 

Abstract:

Early parenthood is associated with challenging life trajectories following the transition to parenthood. Compared to adult mothers, young women who become mothers are less likely to be successful in educational, economic and occupational attainment, and more likely to be single parents living in poverty and to have been victims of abuse. The study aimed to assess the level of self-efficacy and resilience among adolescent mothers and to know and understand the risks and challenges that an adolescent mother had encountered and how she socially adjusts to such adversities by understanding the level of her self-efficacy and resilience. A descriptive- quantitative research design was used. Purposive sampling was utilized. The three-part questionnaire was used in the study: demographic questionnaire, Adversity Response Profile, and General Self-Efficacy Scale. Ethical considerations were observed. The level of resilience of the adolescent mothers based on the adversity response profile is moderately low, and level of self-efficacy of the adolescent mothers is moderate. The level of self- efficacy is moderate despite the fact that resilience is moderately low. Even though the situation is difficult, that can be augmented by maximizing one’s potential to overcome adversity.