Perspectiva cultural do pai no processo paternal recorrente na adolescência: uma contribuição para a enfermagem.

Abstract

To comprehend the meaning of what is to be father to adolescents is important, once it is searched to understand the social, cultural and ideological implications that the father’s role can unveiling. The recurrence of paternity is realized as a singular way by each individual, being influenced by its personal beliefs and historical and cultural factors. The theoretical referential which guided this study has basis in some concepts in the Theory of Diversity and Universality of Culture Care proposed by Madeleine Leininger, focused on knowing the paternal cultural process recurrent in adolescence. It is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, performed with five men who lived the recurrence of paternity during the adolescence, selected through convenience sampling. Data collection occurred though semi structured interviews between August and September of 2013 in Pelotas/Rio Grande do Sul. From the content analysis and the theoretical referential, it has emerged two categories; Experience of paternity’s recurrence in adolescence and Cultural Influence in the recurrent paternal process in adolescence. In the thematic Experience of paternity’s recurrence in adolescence: it was highlighted that the new recurrence of paternity caused surprise and worry, due to the lack of preparation of adolescents to execute the father’s role; economic familiar and emotional support attenuated the yearnings created by recurrent paternity; maturity feelings and responsibility were responsible by configuration and by construction of living of paternity. In Cultural influence in the recurrent paternal process in adolescence: it was observed that familiar culture interfered in the construction of this process, requiring from this adolescent father a responsibility and maturity to take care of his offspring, beyond to points that the woman is responsible by the familiar planning to some men of the study. It is highlighted the importance of nurses, as well others professionals of health value the culture of each human being, focused on promote the cultural care, coherent with beliefs and life value in the environmental context of adolescent fathers.