Cambios en la relación conyugal frente a la llegada de los hijos: percepción de la madre

Abstract

The conjugal subsystem, in addition to be dynamic, is exposed to multiple changes during its evolution; which are considered as normative crises in regard to the birth of children. This article is the result of a qualitative research with a descriptive scope. Furthermore, the data collection technique which has been used is: focus group, which was applied to a group of 25 mothers. And the results were interpreted with the use of the program Atlas.ti. On the other hand, this article pursues the following objectives: firstly, to analyze the perception of the students’ mothers who attend the initial I and II levels of the School Alfonso María Borrero, regarding the changes in their marital relationship after having children; secondly, to characterize the families of the children in I and II level; thirdly, to explore the changes experienced by the mothers due to the number of children; and fourthly, to systematize the information obtained. Based on the results, it was possible to show that, with the birth of children, the dynamics of the conjugal subsystem is altered, implying changes in communication and couple time; also, the effect generated by the economy in the conjugal subsystem; likewise, the existence of role overload in the participants; and finally, a decrease in sexual encounters was observed.