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“Du ska väl amma?”: En kvalitativ intervjustudie om kvinnors val angående amning och sociala normer
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
“You're going to breastfeed, right?” : A qualitative interview study on women’s choice regarding breastfeeding and social norms (English)
Abstract [sv]

Ett nytt kapitel i livet ska helt plötsligt börja när det nyfödda barnet kommer till världen. När man som kvinna precis har fått barn kan det kännas överväldigande och man kan ha svårt att veta om de känslorna kommer från en själv eller andra, då många kommer med egna åsikter. Hur man väljer att ge sitt barn mat kan ske på olika sätt, och detta kan skapa blandade känslor hos kvinnan. I samhället kan man uppleva en minskning av amning då substitut, som exempelvis ersättning, finns lättillgängliga som är innehållsrika. Syftet med denna kvalitativa intervjustudie var att förstå kvinnors resonemang kring amning och hur detta påverkas av samhälleliga sociala faktorer. Med en socialpsykologisk ansats studerades detta genom teorier som genusteori och symbolisk interaktionism. I studien genomfördes tio stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer på kvinnor som fått barn de senaste tre åren och bott i Sverige i minst tio år. Resultatet visar att respondenternas sociala omgivning har stor påverkan på deras resonemang om amning via bröstet. Vi kan i resultatet även läsa hur respondenterna upplever tvetydiga åsikter och signaler från deras sociala omgivning. Den del av omgivningen som anses ha störst påverkan anses vara respondenternas signifikanta andra.

Abstract [en]

A completely new chapter in life will suddenly begin when the newborn baby comes into the world. When you become a “mother”, it can feel overwhelming and it can be difficult to know whether those feelings come from yourself or others, as many may come with their own opinions. How you choose to feed your baby can happen indifferent ways, and this can create mixed feelings for the women. In society, you can experience a reduction in breastfeeding because substitutes, such as formula, are and rich in content. The purpose of this qualitative interview study was to understand the mothers' reasoning regarding breastfeeding and how this is affected by societal social factors. With a social psychological approach, this was studied through theories such as gender theory and symbolic interactionism. In the study, ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with women who had children in the last three years and lived in Sweden for at least ten years. The results show that the respondents' social environment has a great influence on their reasoning of breastfeeding via the breast. In the results, we can also read how the respondents experience ambiguous opinions and signals from their social environment. The part of the environment that is considered to have the greatest impact is considered to be the respondents' significant other.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 55
Keywords [en]
Stigma, gender, ambivalence, social influence
Keywords [sv]
Stigma, genus, ambivalens, social påverkan
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Social Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-23914OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-23914DiVA, id: diva2:1866034
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Social Psychology
Educational program
Social Psychology - Study Programme
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Available from: 2024-06-05 Created: 2024-06-05 Last updated: 2024-06-05Bibliographically approved

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