• Qual Health Res · Jan 2000

    Double binds and the reproductive and mothering experiences of HIV-positive women.

    • D Ingram and S A Hutchinson.
    • Department of Veterans Affairs, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
    • Qual Health Res. 2000 Jan 1; 10 (1): 117-32.

    AbstractIn spite of the increasing number of young women infected with HIV in the United States, little is known about the reproductive and mothering experiences of these women. The purpose of the grounded-theory research discussed in this article was to describe the reproductive and mothering experiences of HIV-positive women. Twenty HIV-positive women participated in 31 in-depth interviews. The grounded-theory method was used for data analysis. A communication pattern known in the psychiatric literature as a double bind was discovered to be a basic social psychological problem that affected the women's experiences with reproduction and mothering. An understanding of the power and influence of these double binds permits health care professionals to plan patient-centered programs and to individualize care specifically for HIV-positive women.

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