Adolescent Pregnancy Desire and Pregnancy Incidence

Sipsma, Heather; Ickovics, Jeannette R.; Lewis, Judith A.; Ethier, Kathleen A.; Kershaw, Trace

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2010.09.004

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“…32 This analysis included the respondent's employment status, the clinic that the respondent was recruited from as a proxy for socioeconomic status, high school enrollment, and high school graduation. We also controlled for age and age difference with boyfriend.…”

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Predicting Unprotected Sex and Unplanned Pregnancy among Urban African-American Adolescent Girls Using the Theory of Gender and Power

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Reproductive coercion has been hypothesized as a cause of unprotected sex and unplanned pregnancies, but research has focused on a narrow set of potential sources of reproductive coercion. We identified and evaluated eight potential sources of reproductive coercion from the Theory of Gender and Power including economic inequality between adolescent girls and their boyfriends, cohabitation, and age differences. The sample comprised sexually active African-American female adolescents, ages 15-21. At baseline (n = 715), 6 months (n = 607), and 12 months (n = 605), participants completed a 40-min interview and were tested for semen Y-chromosome with polymerase chain reaction from a self-administered vaginal swab. We predicted unprotected sex and pregnancy using multivariate regression controlling for demographics, economic factors, relationship attributes, and intervention status using a Poisson working model. Factors associated with unprotected sex included cohabitation (incidence risk ratio (IRR) 1.48, 95 % confidence interval

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Section: Control Variable Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting Unprotected Sex and Unplanned Pregnancy among Urban African-American Adolescent Girls Using the Theory of Gender and Power

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“…17 One study investigating the extent to which pregnancies in adolescence were desired determined that 24% of participants wanted their pregnancy or were uncertain about becoming pregnant in the following year, that the desire for pregnancy increased with age and that this desire decreased in the event of a relationship lasting less than 6 months or of an elevated perception of stress. 20 In our study, 12 (14%) pregnant adolescents and 9 (18%) members of the control group reported that their pregnancies were unplanned and unwanted. We determined no significant difference in terms of desired pregnancy levels between the study and control groups.…”

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confidence: 51%

“…[16][17][18][19] Higher levels of pregnancy have been observed among adolescent women who do not wish to go to school and who wish to be pregnant compared to those who continue in school and do not wish to be pregnant. 20 Additionally, pregnancy hinders education in this period and lack of education emerges as a cause of adolescent pregnancy. Further studies are needed in order to determine whether this is a cause or effect.…”

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confidence: 99%

An Evaluation of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Pregnancy-Related Psychological Problems in Pregnant Adolescents

Kara¹,

Doğan²,

Alyanak³

et al. 2017

Ankara Medical Journal

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Objectives: Pregnancy in adolescence may involve more psychological problems and socioeconomic difficulties compared to pregnancies in adulthood. The purpose of this study was to identify socioeconomic characteristics and psychological problems that may give rise to such difficulties. Materials and Methods: This case-control study was performed with pregnant women presented to the Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital Gynecology and Obstetrics Department. The study group consisted of 85 pregnant adolescents aged 13-19 and the control group consisted of 50 pregnant adults aged 20 or over. Subjects were evaluated by face-to-face interviews using an information form prepared by specialist psychiatrists. Results:The study group and their partners had lower levels of education compared to the control group. The members of the study group had more siblings than the control group. Adolescent pregnants were found to be as ready for motherhood as adults and desire to become pregnant as much as adult pregnants. There was no significant difference between the control group and the study group in terms of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. The study group described no increase in psychological problems and difficulties during pregnancy. Indeed, periods of intense unease and distress during pregnancy were significantly less than the control group. Conclusion: Adolescent pregnancies are affected by large families and lower levels of education. Contrary to expectation, pregnant adolescents in Turkey reported no greater incidence of psychological problems. This may be due to a sociocultural perception of the functional value of motherhood in the country and to a positive attitude towards adolescent pregnancies. Key words: Adolescent pregnancy, risk factors, family characteristics, education Öz Amaç: Adölesan dönemde yaşanan gebelik yetişkinlik dönemi gebeliklerine oranla daha çok ruhsal soruna ve sosyoekonomik zorluklara sahip olabilir. Çalışmamızın amacı, gebe adölesanlarda bu sorunlara neden olabilecek sosyodemografik özellikleri ve ruhsal sorunları tanımlamaktır. Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmamız İstanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Kliniği'ne başvurmuş gebeliğe sahip hastalar ile yürütülen vaka-kontrol çalışmasıdır. Çalışma grubu 13-19 yaş aralığında gebeliğine sahip 85 adölesan gebeden, kontrol grubu 20 yaş ve üzeri gebeliğe sahip 50 yetişkin gebeden oluşmaktadır. Katılımcılar psikiyatri uzmanları tarafından hazırlanmış bilgi formu ile karşılıklı görüşmeler yapılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışma grubunun ve eşlerinin kontrol grubuna kıyasla daha düşük eğitim düzeyine sahip olduğu görüldü. Çalışma grubunun kontrol grubundan daha fazla sayıda kardeşe sahip olduğu saptandı. Adölesan gebelerin kendilerini erişkin gebeler kadar anneliğe hazır hissettikleri ve erişkin gebeler kadar gebeliği arzu ettikleri saptandı. Kontrol grubu ile çalışma grubu arasında intihar düşüncesi ve intihar girişimi açısından anlamlı fark saptanmadı. Çalış...

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“…In selecting that response, a woman is indicating that she neither wanted to avoid getting pregnant nor wanted to get pregnant. One approach to the measurement of ambivalence in several recent empirical research studies has been to define it by using just such a mid-point (Schunmann and Glasier 2006;Schwartz et al 2007;Sipsma et al 2011). This seems reasonable, given that motivational ambivalence may be defined as simultaneously having both strong positive and strong negative desires to achieve a goal.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An implicit ambivalence-indifference dimension of childbearing desires in the National Survey of Family Growth

Miller¹,

Jones²,

Pasta³

2016

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Adolescent Pregnancy Desire and Pregnancy Incidence

Cited by 42 publications

References 25 publications

Predicting Unprotected Sex and Unplanned Pregnancy among Urban African-American Adolescent Girls Using the Theory of Gender and Power

Predicting Unprotected Sex and Unplanned Pregnancy among Urban African-American Adolescent Girls Using the Theory of Gender and Power

An Evaluation of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Pregnancy-Related Psychological Problems in Pregnant Adolescents

An implicit ambivalence-indifference dimension of childbearing desires in the National Survey of Family Growth

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