[Pregnancy and motherhood in adolescence]

Abstract

Adolescence and pregnancy are two periods which involve major psychological and identity changes. Teenage pregnancies are often considered to be a result of a confusion between these periods. The circumstances of teenage pregnancies and early motherhood are diverse and sit within the wider context of the psychopathology of adolescence, the heterogeneity of family configurations and evolutions in society.

Keywords: adolescence; grossesse; parentalité; parenthood; pregnancy; psychopathologie; psychopathology.