出版社:Universidade Federal do Parana̧, Departamento de Psicologia
摘要:The objective of this work is to study the motivation of single, widowed or divorced women who seek t he “ 1 st Childhood and Family Court of Rio de Janeiro ” with the intention of adopting a child. Through their discourses, two categories stood out: the desire to be a mother and the fear of loneliness. We found differences between women who had made other investments in life besides maternity and women for whom the intended child would give meaning to a life empty of stimuli and poor in personal relationships. Keywords: adoption; motivation; single-parent families.