Initial Parenting Attitudes of Pregnant Adolescents and A Comparison with The Decision About Adoption  

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Hanson, Richard A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Adolescence vol. 25 no. 99 (1990), page 629-644.
Topik: PARENTING; initial parenting; pregnant adolescents; decision; adoption

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The adult - adolescent parenting inventory was used to examine the intiial parenting attitudes of a sample of pregnant adolescents. In addition, the attitudes about parenting were correlated with the decision of the adolescent to either keep or place the baby for adoption. Pregnant adolescents scored significantly lower on the "expectations for children" construct than all groups of controls. They scored significantly higher than adolescent controls on the "empathy" construct but lower than adults controls. On the "corporal punishment" construct, they scored significantly lower than non abused adolescent controls but were similar to abused adolescent controls. On the "role -reversal" construct, they scored significantly higher than abused adolescent controls, lower than adult controls and about the same as non abused adolescents controls, lower than adult controls, and about the same as non abused adolescent controls. Adolescents who placed their babies had significantly lower scores on the role - reversal measure, but the differences between keepers and placers on the expectations, empathy and corporal punishment dimensions were not significant. The results are discussed in terms of : 1. the areas where attitudes abut parenting are below appropriate levels, 2. the possibility of competent teenage mothers, and 3. the groundwork necessary for preparing adolescents for parenthood should they elect to keep their babies.

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