Peer Relationships as a Source of Support for Adolescent Mothers

Richardson, Rhonda A.; Barbour, Nancy; Bubenzer, Donald L.

doi:10.1177/0743554895102005

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“…The role of peer support and well-being among pregnant/parenting teens is an area of research that has received less attention than that of family or partner support. Several studies found peer support to be significantly associated with reduced depression and social isolation and increased life satisfaction among teen mothers (Richardson, Barbour, & Bubenzer, 1995;Voight, Hans, & Bernstein, 1996). However, Gee and Rhodes (2007) found that peer support was not associated with teen mothers' well-being.…”

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Italian psychologists’ and midwives’ perceptions of the pregnant teen: a qualitative study

Olivari

Confalonieri

Ionio

2011

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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Background: Although debate on adolescent pregnancies has continued for many years, only a few studies have paid attention to the attitudes of health workers and their perceptions of these teens. Objective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate and describe midwives' and psychologists' perceptions of the pregnant teens arriving at the health centres -either who wanted to become mothers or to interrupt pregnancy -analysing health workers' reflections on their experiences of caring for these teens during pregnancy in the Italian context. Methods: Interviews were conducted with 22 health workers in order to describe their perceptions of Italian pregnant adolescents. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Data analysis identified three themes arising from health workers narrations: 'teen identities', with the subthemes confused teens, omnipotent teens and immigrant teens; 'maternal bonding', with the subthemes supportive mothers and self-centred mothers; and 'social support demand', with the subthemes support-seeking teens, self-excluded teens and unsupportive young partners. Conclusion: The results provide an interesting picture of health workers' perceptions of Italian pregnant adolescents adding new knowledge that will be useful for better planning interventions with pregnant teenagers.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Italian psychologists’ and midwives’ perceptions of the pregnant teen: a qualitative study

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Confalonieri

Ionio

2011

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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“…The social support‐parenting stress link is particularly important for identifiable high‐risk groups of parents. Adolescent mothers are at risk for high levels of parenting stress (Passino et al, 1993), but emotional support, and in particular support from friends, is related to lower parenting stress for these young mothers (Richardson, Bar‐bour, & Bubenzer, 1995). Social support may also be associated with lower parenting stress among other risk groups, such as economically disadvantaged parents (Ada‐makos et al, 1986) and parents of chronically ill or handicapped children (Frey et al, 1989; Hauenstein, 1990).…”

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Parenting stress and child adjustment: Some old hypotheses and new questions.

Deater‐Deckard¹

1998

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

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Individual dfirences in parenting stress, experienced by most parents as those aversive feelings that are associated with the demands of the parenting role, have been shown to be an important aspect of parent, child, and family functioning. A definition of parenting stress is provided, along with its application t o more general stress models. Three implicit hypotheses in much of the past research on parenting stress and behavior am evaluated (a) parenting stress is causally related t o poor parenting, (b) poor parenting is causally related to problems in child adjustment, and (c) parenting behavior mediates the associations between pamnting stress and child adjustment. In addition, three quertions for future research regarding wlthin-family and within-indhridual variation in parenting stress are raised: (a) Is parenting stress genetiully influenced? (b) Do mothers and fathers show similar or different levels of parenting stress? (c) Is parenting stress 'child speclfic" within families?

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“…However, while these studies provide a positive perspective on peer support the issue is explored only as a minor aspect of wider support networks. Richardson et al . 's (1995) research differs in that it focuses specifically on peer support and provides a comparative analysis with family support.…”

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Research Review: Teenage pregnancy and motherhood: the contribution of support

Bunting

McAuley

2004

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TThis paper aims to provide a critical analysis of the role of support in teenage motherhood. Family, partner and peer support are considered and literature emanating from both the USA and UK is reviewed. In summary the research literature indicates that family support is particularly important to teenage mothers and has been found to have a positive influence on parenting behaviours and practices. However, the mother-daughter relationship is not always a straightforward one and conflict between the two can diminish some of the positive impact. The research on partner support highlights how support from fathers and/or other male partners has been linked with improved financial and psychological outcomes for teenage mothers as well as having a positive influence on parenting behaviours. There is also evidence to suggest that support from partners may become increasingly important to teenage mothers over time and can be a valuable source of socializing participation and positive feedback. While the research available on peer support is much more limited it suggests that the emotional support of peers is perceived as being important by teenage mothers. Current research findings suggest that families, partners and peers tend to provide different, but complementary, forms of support for teenage mothers which, on the whole, appear to contribute to more positive outcomes for this group.

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Peer Relationships as a Source of Support for Adolescent Mothers

Cited by 27 publications

References 18 publications

Italian psychologists’ and midwives’ perceptions of the pregnant teen: a qualitative study

Italian psychologists’ and midwives’ perceptions of the pregnant teen: a qualitative study

Parenting stress and child adjustment: Some old hypotheses and new questions.

Research Review: Teenage pregnancy and motherhood: the contribution of support

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