Mothering Children with Schizophrenia in a Village Setting: A Multiple Case Study |
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Authors: | Azwihangwisi Josphinah Negota Solomon Mashegoane |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Limpopo, South Africaajnegota@gmail.com;3. University of Limpopo, South Africa |
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Abstract: | This study reports on the experiences of mothers (n=8) raising children with schizophrenia in a rural South African village. The mothers were individually interviewed at their homes, using in-depth, phenomenological methods. Data were thematically analysed. Mothers of children with schizophrenia indicated that they are facing the following challenges on their process of caregiving: mothers' emotional reactions, blaming witchcraft, dealing with the children's violence and destructiveness, poverty and unemployment, financial support, isolation and social support, effects of schizophrenia on the mother-child relationship, and the loss that mothers go through. |
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Keywords: | caregiver schizophrenia phenomenology developmental disability children parenting |
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