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Peer reviewedBlinn-Pike, Lynn – Family Relations, 1996
Evaluated effects of a year-long, school-based program for 126 white adolescent girls. Program was designed to improve self-concept, expectations for future, educational plans, perceptions of maternal acceptance, and other perceptions. Intervention participants revealed less traditional sex role orientations, improved self-concept, and lessened…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Intervention, Pregnant Students
Direct linkHouseknecht, Sharon K.; Lewis, Susan K. – Family Relations, 2005
This investigation examines whether access to social capital reduces the chance that teens will cohabit or have a nonmaritally conceived birth. Using data from a nationally representative panel study of eighth-grade girls and their parents, we hypothesize that girls who have (and whose families have) dense community ties as well as greater access…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Grade 8, Early Parenthood
Peer reviewedStevenson, Marguerite; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Compares the psychological adjustment of adolescent mothers (n=27) with that of adolescent nonmothers (n=27), single adult mothers (n=27), and married adult mothers. Adolescent mothers reported greater life enjoyment and well-being than adolescent nonmothers, but more mental health problems and less well-being than married adult mothers. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Caregiver Role, Emotional Adjustment, Fatherless Family
Peer reviewedLuster, Tom; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Examined factors related to the quality of home environments that 83 teenage mothers provided for their 12-month-old infants. Findings show that teens who fostered supportive environments were less depressed and more empathic, had infants who were heavier at birth, received more support from the father, and lived in relatively safe neighborhoods.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Child Rearing, Early Parenthood
Peer reviewedLetiecq, Bethany L. – Family Relations, 1996
Compared the social support of 92 homeless and 115 permanently housed low-income mothers. Results reveal that homeless mothers had less contact with their friends/relatives, could count on fewer people for help and child care in times of need, and felt their social networks were less helpful than housed mothers. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Family Environment, Homeless People
Peer reviewedWhiteside-Mansell, Leanne; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Assessed the parenting behaviors of 193 white and African American mothers 15-24 years of age when their children were 12 and 36 months old. Cluster analysis of three dimensions of parenting was used to identify five types of parenting patterns. The strongest discriminating factor--maternal IQ--was associated with more positive parenting behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
