Citation

Arsy GR, Ratnawati R, Rachmawati SD. Indian J. Public Health Dev. 2019; 10(8): 2042-2045.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, R. K. Sharma)

DOI

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.02155.7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome is a rare disorder suffered by females. Women suffering MRKH cannot have menstruation cycle, cannot have intercourse with her husband, and cannot pregnant, even cannot give a birth to children. This condition puts the women to have lower confidence, to feel inferior, to close and attract themselves from environment because of shame, useless, and feeling to be bad fortune for their family. There are participants in this research got shocked and depressed after realizing their condition. Their low self-esteem is an unappreciated feeling, feeling useless and having low self-esteem due to negative evaluation upon themselves and their abilities. The purpose of this research is to explore self-esteem of those women. The method of this research is qualitative by using interpretative-phenomenology approach. The participants are aged between 19-30 years old. While collecting the data, the researcher used in-depth interview by using structural interview by involving seven participants suffering MRKH. The findings describe the meaning of the participants' experiences in which they feel inferior, cannot socialize with their friends nor people around them. © 2019, Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; Women; social interaction; suicide; female; qualitative research; high risk behavior; self esteem; self care; Article; pessimism; evaluation study; semi structured interview; social competence; cognitive behavioral therapy; Low Self-esteem; Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome; Rokitansky syndrome