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Peer reviewedPlotnick, Robert D. – American Sociological Review, 1992
Studies the influence of self-esteem, locus of control, attitudes toward women's family roles, attitudes toward school, educational aspirations, and religiosity on the probability of teenage premarital pregnancy and its resolution. Results for 1,142 white adolescent girls show that self-esteem and attitudes toward schooling and family roles were…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Educational Attitudes, Family Role
