A descriptive study of the self-concept of prenatal African American mothers with HIV/AIDS in Georgia and its impact on maternal-fetal attachment, 1995

Williams, Sonya L.

1990-1999

The overall objective of this study was to explore a significant effect of a prevalent social disease imposed on a vulnerable population, African Americans. The disease is known as HIV/AIDS and its effect on prenatal women is explored. The purpose of the research was to direct focus to the self-concept of seropositive and nonseropositive HIV/AIDS prenatal African American women, by addressing whether or not the mothers self-oncept impacted the maternal-etal attachment. The researcher resorted to three statistical procedures to analyze data from this descriptive study: (a) the t-Test for Independent, (b) the Pearson Moment Correlation, and (c) Descriptive statistics. The study findings showed a significantly positive relationship between self-oncept and maternal-etal attachment in both groups. There was also a significant difference in the overall levels of maternal-etal attachment and self-concept in both groups, concluding that self concept does indeed significantly impact on the attachment process.

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1995-05-01

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Master of Science (MS)

Clark Atlanta University

School of Social Work, Social Work and Public Health

Ajo, Amos

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1995_williams_sonya_l