A study of the psychological factors and factors in the current life situation that influence the plan the unmarried mother makes for her baby.

• Main Author: Daniels, Phyllis. D.
• Other Authors: Younge, E. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1960
• Subjects: Social Work.
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This thesis examines certain psychological factors in the background of the unmarried mother and reality factors in her current life situation to determine how these factors influence the plan she makes for her out-of-wedlock child. The study is based on the examination of 20 unmarried mothers, who were known to the social service department of a large obstetrical hospital in Montreal in 1956-67. The data were obtained by the writer, with the use of a schedule during personal interviews with the unmarried mother. In this study it was shown that neither social nor psychological factors in themselves determined the plan for the baby. It was found that the plan the unmarried mother selected relationship of for her baby was determined by the interrelationship of these two factors.