ERIC Number: EJ1290701
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
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The Association of Social Influences, Modeling Behavior, Self-Efficacy, and Communication with Teenage Pregnancies among School Students in South Africa
Naidoo, Saloshni; Taylor, Myra
Journal of School Nursing, v37 n2 p128-138 Apr 2021
A better understanding of the social influences, self-efficacy, and communication with parents, peers, and teachers associated with teenage pregnancy is required owing to the consequences of teenage pregnancy. This article aimed to determine the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and to understand the association between social influences, self-efficacy, and communication about teenage pregnancies, among high school students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Grade 11 students at 20 randomly selected schools in two districts completed an anonymous questionnaire on sociodemographics, social influences, self-efficacy communication, and teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy was associated with age, being female, and exposure to communication discouraging pregnancy. Students living with both parents, or where family and peers believed that the adolescents should abstain from sex, or who experienced positive social pressure discouraging pregnancy were unlikely to have had a pregnancy. This study identified sociodemographic and sociobehavioral influences associated with teenage pregnancy that can assist school nurses in their work.
Descriptors: Social Influences, Self Efficacy, Interpersonal Communication, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Pregnancy, Early Parenthood, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Correlation, Grade 11, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Family Structure, Sexuality, Family Influence, Peer Influence, School Nurses, Socioeconomic Status, Religion, Place of Residence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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