TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Low self-esteem of women suffering Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome
JO  - Indian journal of public health research and development
A1  - Arsy, G.R.
A1  - Ratnawati, R.
A1  - Rachmawati, S.D.
SP  - 2042
EP  - 2045
VL  - 10
IS  - 8
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0976-0245
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2019.02155.7
ID  - ref1
ER  -