Characterizing low-income Latina adolescent mothers: Living arrangements, psychological adjustment, and use of services

Nadeem, Erum; Whaley, Shannon E.; Anthony, Sharen

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.01.013

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“…Consistently, several studies have found relatively high rates of depressive symptoms in samples of adolescent mothers (Colletta, 1983; Leadbeater, Bishop, & Raver, 1996; Nadeem, Whaley, & Anthony, 2006). Similarly, children of adolescent mothers are at risk for emotional and behavior problems, which, when present, begin to appear in their second year of life and become more pronounced throughout development (Brooks-Gunn & Furstenberg, 1986).…”

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Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Behavior Problems Among Latina Adolescent Mothers: The Buffering Effect of Mother-Reported Partner Child Care Involvement

Smith¹,

Grau²,

Duran³

et al. 2013

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

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We examined the relations between maternal depressive symptoms and child internalizing and externalizing problems in a sample of 125 adolescent Latina mothers (primarily Puerto Rican) and their toddlers. We also tested the influence of mother-reported partner child care involvement on child behavior problems and explored mother-reported partner characteristics that related to this involvement. Results suggested that maternal depressive symptoms related to child internalizing and externalizing problems when accounting for contextual risk factors. Importantly, these symptoms mediated the link between life stress and child behavior problems. Mother-reported partner child care interacted with maternal depressive symptoms for internalizing, not externalizing, problems. Specifically, depressive symptoms related less strongly to internalizing problems at higher levels of partner child care than at lower levels. Participants with younger partners, co-residing partners, and in longer romantic relationships reported higher partner child care involvement. Results are discussed considering implications for future research and interventions for mothers, their children, and their partners.

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Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Behavior Problems Among Latina Adolescent Mothers: The Buffering Effect of Mother-Reported Partner Child Care Involvement

Smith¹,

Grau²,

Duran³

et al. 2013

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

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“…21 Latino adolescent mothers who cohabit are less likely to receive public assistance and have lower educational attainment than those who live with their mothers, possibly because their mothers help them obtain resources. 22 Among lower income and disadvantaged minority adults, cohabiting women decide whether the men are allowed to stay depending upon their contributions to the household, [23][24][25] but low-income adolescent girls may not have such power in a cohabiting relationship.…”

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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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“…11 Adapting to American culture may also increase risk for depression in young mothers; Spanish speaking or bilingual adolescent mothers have shown a higher level of depression than English speaking mothers, while living with parents was protective. 17 Adolescents' abilities to parent effectively are challenged by the predisposing factors of family dysfunction, emotional immaturity, life stress, depression, and poor social support. Adolescent mothers have been found to vocalize less with their infants, to be less flexible, to be more likely to give inappropriate stimulation and to be at higher risk for child maltreatment.…”

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Depression, Parenting Attributes, and Social Support among Adolescent Mothers Attending a Teen Tot Program

Cox¹,

Buman²,

Valenzuela³

et al. 2008

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

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Characterizing low-income Latina adolescent mothers: Living arrangements, psychological adjustment, and use of services

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Behavior Problems Among Latina Adolescent Mothers: The Buffering Effect of Mother-Reported Partner Child Care Involvement

Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Behavior Problems Among Latina Adolescent Mothers: The Buffering Effect of Mother-Reported Partner Child Care Involvement

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

Depression, Parenting Attributes, and Social Support among Adolescent Mothers Attending a Teen Tot Program

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