This study focuses upon Alfred Schültz's Social Phenomenology and aims to better understand perceptions of adolescents experiencing reoccurring parenthood during adolescence and its relationship with their life projects. Fifteen interviews were carried out with five fathers and ten mothers who have experienced reoccurring adolescent parenthood. Five categories surfaced from the subjects' statements: contextualizing the perception about being an adolescent mother/father; experiencing losses; experiencing gains; seeking safety for the future; and experiencing an ambivalent situation. The study allowed a better understanding that reoccurring adolescent parenthood is a complex phenomenon with endless perceptive possibilities, whose diverse experiences depend on the social context which defines wishes, projects, and meanings through the distinct social classes. Based on this understanding, the nurse plays a very important role as regards assisting this clientele, centered on the human/existential dimension.
Adolescent; Pregnancy in adolescence; Qualitative research; Obstetrical nursing