Adolescent Mothers' Cognitions and Behaviors as At-Risk Indicators.

Stoiber, Karen Callan; Houghton, Tambrala G.

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ERIC Number: EJ498717

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Publication Date: 1994

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Adolescent Mothers' Cognitions and Behaviors as At-Risk Indicators.

Stoiber, Karen Callan; Houghton, Tambrala G.

School Psychology Quarterly, v9 n4 p295-316 Win 1994

Examined 39 mother-infant dyads to see whether qualitative differences in adolescent mothers are associated with differences in child functioning. Multiple measures of parental characteristics indicated that parenting expectations had a unique and differential power in explaining both objective child observation ratings and the mothers' Parenting Stress Index of her child. (RJM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior, Child Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Early Parenthood, Infants, Mothers, One Parent Family, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Prediction, Predictor Variables, Unwed Mothers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Parenting Stress Index

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