The aim of this study was to understand the emotional experiences of intra-family violence experienced by sheltered adolescent mothers. This paper presents three case studies on sheltered adolescent mothers. The psychological suffering of the adolescent girls was observed through their accounts of several situations: pregnancy, fights, runaway episodes, and abandonment of their child. This study suggests that intra-family violence affected the adolescents’ emotional maturation process.
Maternity in adolescence; shelter; intra-family violence; psychological suffering