Effects of social supports on attitudes and behaviors of pregnant adolescents

Giblin, Paul T.; Poland, Marilyn L.; Sachs, Barbara

doi:10.1016/0197-0070(87)90431-1

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“…Fewer than half (44%) of the investigators, however, identified and defined a conceptual framework. The predominant conceptual models were based on social cognitive theories, such as Bandura's self‐efficacy (Bailey & Hubbard, 1990; Eisen & Zellman, 1986; Giblin, Poland, & Sachs, 1987; Jemmott & Jemmott, 1992; Kasen, Vaughan, & Walter, 1992), locus of control (Riccio‐Howe, 1991), Jessor's problem behavior theory (Chassin, Presson, & Sherman, 1989; Rossow & Rise, 1993), Ajzen and Fishbein's theory of reasoned action (Brubaker & Wickersham, 1990), Pender's (1987) health promotion model (Boehm et al, 1993), and the health belief model developed by Rosenstock (1974) (Eisen & Zellman, 1986).…”

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Adolescent Health Behaviors and Related Factors: A Review

Spear

Kulbok

2001

Public Health Nursing

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This review examined research relevant to adolescent health behavior in order to identify key behaviors and factors related to behaviors for targeting health-promoting interventions. The 34 studies reviewed sampled mainly Caucasian subjects ranging in age from 12 to 24 years. The majority of the studies were descriptive and cross-sectional, and they dealt with a specific health behavior or group of behaviors such as eating, sleeping, and exercise. Primary factors related to health behavior included gender, family structure, ethnicity, knowledge, and attitudes. Increased knowledge of factors that impact adolescent health behaviors is essential so that public health nurses (PHNs) and other health professionals can be more responsive to developmental and lifestyle factors influencing the health of youth within families and communities.

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Adolescent Health Behaviors and Related Factors: A Review

Spear

Kulbok

2001

Public Health Nursing

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“…Perceived social support and self-esteem, the amount and type of personal respect and worthiness with which an individual views herself in comparison with others (Rosenberg, 1965(Rosenberg, , 1989, have been found to be closely related (Giblin, Poland, & Sachs, 1987;Hoelter & Harper, 1987;Orshan, 1993Orshan, , 1996. Among women and adolescents in the Hispanic megaculture, the degree of self-esteem and its relationship to acculturation and pregnancy status varies according to the speci c cultural group of the women and adolescents.…”

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Acculturation, Perceived Social Support, Self-Esteem, and Pregnancy Status Among Dominican Adolescents

Orshan

1999

Health Care for Women International

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In this study I explore whether pregnancy status and mainland acculturation can be used to predict perceived social support or self-esteem in 49 nulligravida and 41 primigravida adolescents of Dominican background. Self-administered questionnaires containing the Dominican American version of the Acculturation Rating Scale (DARS), the Personal Resource Questionnaire-85 (PRQ85), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and a pregnancy-specific demographic sheet were completed in the participant's choice of Spanish or English. Neither perceived social support or self-esteem could be predicted from pregnancy status and mainland acculturation. However, mainland acculturation was found to be significantly higher among nulligravida adolescents, while no significant differences were found between the groups in relation to perceived social support or self-esteem.

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“…How adjustment to the pregnancy mediates these effects is not understood. Social support may be an underlying variable since it has been linked with taking pleasure in one' s pregnancy (Giblin, Poland & Sachs, 1987).…”

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Psychosocial predictors of smoking and exercise during pregnancy

Rodriguez

Bohlin

Lindmark

2000

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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This study examined health behaviours among nulliparous pregnant Swedish women. Structural equation modelling (N 5 350) was used to predict smoking and exercise at gestational weeks 20 and 32 from psychosocial factors measured in early and mid-pregnancy. Although women altered their lifestyle early in pregnancy, so that by gestational week 20 both smoking and exercise had declined, previous behaviours remained strong and consistent predictors of later behaviours. Hostility and health awareness predicted smoking at both weeks 20 and 32. Smoking at week 32 was also predicted by concurrent perceived stress. Exercise at week 20 was predicted by hostility, social support, stress, and whether or not the pregnancy was planned; and at week 32 only health awareness was signi® cant. Social support had a signi® cant indirect effect on each behaviour, which suggests that social support facilitated compliance with health professionals' recommendations. These results suggest that psychosocial factors previously associated with health outcomes also predict health behaviours throughout pregnancy.

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Effects of social supports on attitudes and behaviors of pregnant adolescents

Cited by 28 publications

References 24 publications

Adolescent Health Behaviors and Related Factors: A Review

Adolescent Health Behaviors and Related Factors: A Review

Acculturation, Perceived Social Support, Self-Esteem, and Pregnancy Status Among Dominican Adolescents

Psychosocial predictors of smoking and exercise during pregnancy

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