Abstract
The dissertation is focused on phenomenon of motherhood in adolescence. In the Czech Republic nearly one thousand children is given birth every year by mothers who according to current law are not full-aged.
A very similar number of teenage girls decide for abortion. The study searches for answers to broad varieties of particular research questions.
Qualitatively directed research outcomes reflect motives involved in young women's final decisions to become an under-age mother, the determinants of the decision making process in the context of sexual reproductive health. They watch as the participants prepare for the role of mother, what helped them solve the situation and what is it difficult to evaluate their experience and maternity and parental competence.
The work focuses on the reflected experience of the new role in the self, and the identity of teenage mothers. A semi-structured interview was chosen as the fundamental method to gather the data; however, additional essays of all respondents are available as well.
There is analyzed the data of 28 participants, under-age mothers, who are allocated with their children in an institutional care or in asylum, smaller part of the mothers realized their motherhood in the family.