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...

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Main Author:	Gomes, Gillian Anne.
Other Authors:	Sulfikar Amir
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51653
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-516532019-12-10T13:06:57Z Young motherhood in Singapore : strategies for managing stigma and maintaining positive self-esteem. Gomes, Gillian Anne. Sulfikar Amir School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences 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 rather, fight against it by adopting impression management, discursive and defensive tactics. In order to mediate and counter the negative effect of stigmatizing labels on these individuals’ self-esteems, young mothers turn to their friends or to social networking sites and mobile applications where their identities are positively-valued and reaffirmed through interactions with other young mothers. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-08T03:19:46Z 2013-04-08T03:19:46Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51653 en Nanyang Technological University 29 p. application/pdf
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description	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 rather, fight against it by adopting impression management, discursive and defensive tactics. In order to mediate and counter the negative effect of stigmatizing labels on these individuals’ self-esteems, young mothers turn to their friends or to social networking sites and mobile applications where their identities are positively-valued and reaffirmed through interactions with other young mothers.
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title	Young motherhood in Singapore : strategies for managing stigma and maintaining positive self-esteem.
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Young motherhood in Singapore : strategies for managing stigma and maintaining positive self-esteem.

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