Adolescents' Pregnancy Intentions, Wantedness, and Regret: Cross-Lagged Relations with Mental Health and Harsh Parenting

Autor/inn/en	East, Patricia L.; Chien, Nina C.; Barber, Jennifer S.
Titel	Adolescents' Pregnancy Intentions, Wantedness, and Regret: Cross-Lagged Relations with Mental Health and Harsh Parenting
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 74 (2012) 1, S.167-185 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00885.x
Schlagwörter	Hispanic Americans; Mental Health; Child Rearing; Pregnancy; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Parenting Styles; Intention; Birth; Early Parenthood; Psychological Patterns; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Psychohygiene; Kindererziehung; Schwangerschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geburt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	The authors used cross-lagged analyses to examine the across-time influences on and consequences of adolescents' pregnancy intentions, wantedness, and regret. One hundred pregnant Latina adolescents were studied during pregnancy and at 6 and 12 months postpartum. The results revealed 4 main findings: (a) similar to what has been found in adult women, adolescents' lower prenatal pregnancy intendedness and wantedness predicted initial difficulties in parenting, (b) frequent depressive symptoms predicted subsequent lower pregnancy intendedness and wantedness, (c) adolescents' poor mental health and harsh parenting of their child predicted subsequent higher childbearing regret, and (d) high childbearing regret and parenting stress were reciprocally related across time. In addition, adolescents' wantedness of their pregnancy declined prenatally to postbirth, and strong pregnancy intendedness and wantedness were not concurrently related to adolescents' poor prenatal mental health. The findings reveal how adolescents' thoughts and feelings about their pregnancies are influenced by and predictive of their mental health and parenting experiences. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10