Psychosocial outcomes of urban African American adolescents born to teenage mothers

Marc A ZIMMERMAN; Lisa TUTTLE; Edie KIEFFER; Edith PARKER; Cleopatra H CALDWELL; Kenneth I MATON

doi:10.1023/a:1010469218757

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Psychosocial outcomes of urban African American adolescents born to teenage mothers

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Psychosocial outcomes of urban African American adolescents born to teenage mothers

Marc A ZIMMERMAN, Lisa TUTTLE, Edie KIEFFER, Edith PARKER, Cleopatra H CALDWELL and Kenneth I MATON

American journal of community psychology, Vol.29(5), pp.779-805

2001

DOI: 10.1023/a:1010469218757

PMID: 11594699

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Abstract

This is a study of psychosocial outcomes of adolescents born to teenage mothers. Adolescents'problem behaviors, psychological well-being, social support, school variables, and sexual behaviors are compared across three groups- those born to mothers 17 or younger, mothers 18-19 years old, and mothers 20 or older. Analyses from two samples of African American adolescents from Maryland (n = 205) and Michigan (n = 570) are reported. The results from both samples indicate that mother's age at birth is unrelated to adolescents' psychosocial outcomes. These two studies add to the limited number of analyses that examine adolescent outcomes for children of teen mothers. The results suggest that efforts to understand social structural determinants of healthy and problematic adolescent development may be more informative than examining the effects of mother's age. They also suggest that teen pregnancy prevention programs may be more effective if they are part of a larger prevention strategy that incorporates social structural change efforts and not only a focus on individual level change.

Biological and medical sciences

Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry

Medical sciences

Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry

Sociocultural environment

Psychopathology. Psychiatry

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Title: Subtitle: Psychosocial outcomes of urban African American adolescents born to teenage mothers
Creators: Marc A ZIMMERMAN - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Lisa TUTTLE - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Edie KIEFFER - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Edith PARKER - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Cleopatra H CALDWELL - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Kenneth I MATON - University of Maryland/Baltimore County, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of community psychology, Vol.29(5), pp.779-805
DOI: 10.1023/a:1010469218757
PMID: 11594699
NLM abbreviation: Am J Community Psychol
ISSN: 0091-0562
eISSN: 1573-2770
Publisher: Springer; New York, NY
Language: English
Date published: 2001
Academic Unit: Public Health Administration; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984063124102771

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