Resilient adolescent mothers: Ethnographaic interviews.

Carey, Gabrielle; Ratliff, Dan A.; Lyle, Randall R.

doi:10.1037/h0089860

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“…They do this not necessarily to “rebel” but to be accepted by society. Carey, Ratliff, and Lyle (1998) described girls who wanted to prove a point to society that they could make it in life despite experiencing teenage pregnancy as being “rebellious.” When girls receive the relevant support from significant sources it can help them to return to the classroom even after having their babies. Thus, in this case to pass as “normal” despite one’s premarital childbearing status, some adolescent mothers adopted these various strategies.…”

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Passing as “Normal”: Adolescent Girls’ Strategies for Escaping Stigma of Premarital Sex and Childbearing in Ghana

Gyan

2018

Sage Open

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Premarital sex and premarital childbearing is a source of stigma in many African communities and can negatively affect adolescent girls' sexual and reproductive health experiences. This study seeks to provide insight into the strategies adolescent girls adopt to avoid stigmatization due to premarital sex and/or childbearing by their community members and families. Using a mixed methods approach, data were collected from a survey of 500 adolescent girls out of which 20 were purposively selected for in-depth interviews. The strategies adopted by adolescent girls to avoid stigma varied based on the pregnancy status of girls, that is whether they have never had a child (nonpregnant [NP]) or had ever had a child (ever-pregnant [EP]). To avoid stigma associated with premarital sex, some NP girls abstained from sex and others who were sexually active either kept their relationships secret or used contraceptives secretly. For the EP girls, some tried to minimize stigma to premarital childbearing by going back to school after childbirth or learning a trade or a vocation. Some EP girls also got married to the fathers of their babies to avoid stigma. Overall, the desire to feel accepted by community members pushed adolescent girls to adopt strategies to avoid the stigma associated with premarital sex and childbearing. It is recommended that there should be creation of awareness for community members on the need to support adolescent girls to minimize the risk they may be predisposed to in their sexual and reproductive health.

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Passing as “Normal”: Adolescent Girls’ Strategies for Escaping Stigma of Premarital Sex and Childbearing in Ghana

Gyan

2018

Sage Open

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“…The normative group, similar to Hamburg's alternative life course type, is composed of young mothers who defy stereotypes of adolescent parents both in their transition to adulthood and in their adult outcomes. This group is one of the more interesting in that while it is described in ethnographic and other qualitative work, it is far less visible in the quantitative literature (see for e.g., Carey, Ratliff, & Lyle, 1998;Leadbeater & Way, 2001). Carey et al's (1998) ethnographic work with resilient adolescent mothers identified four qualities that could contribute to resiliency: insight, initiative, responsibility, and strong supportive relationships.…”

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Life Course Heterogeneity in the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood Among Adolescent Mothers

Oxford

Gilchrist

Lohr

et al. 2005

J of Research on Adolesc

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Longitudinal data were used to examine pathways taken by 227 adolescent mothers during the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Latent profile analysis identified three sub‐groups of adolescent mothers from 6 months to 6 years postpartum: a problem‐prone profile (15%), a psychologically vulnerable profile (42%), and a normative profile (43%). Group membership was related to long‐term adult outcomes (adult status markers, health‐risk and deviant behaviors, substance use, mental health, and intimate relationships) when respondents were nearing age 30. The psychologically vulnerable group reported greater health and mental health problems, relational problems, and substance use than the normative profile group. Only the problem‐prone profile group, taken together, reported serious problems in all domains of adult outcomes examined including financial, relational, behavioral, and health and mental health problems. Results confirm the existence of different pathways through adolescent parenthood that are associated with adult functioning 12 years postpartum.

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“…Of the few researchers who have investigated promotive factors for this population, some have found that the presence of a strong supportive relationship may contribute significantly to resilience among African American adolescent mothers (Carey, Ratliff, & Lyle, 1998; Klaw, Rhodes, & Fitzgerald, 2003; Rhodes, Ebert, & Fischer, 1992). …”

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Natural Mentoring Relationships Among Adolescent Mothers: A Study of Resilience

Hurd

Zimmerman

2010

Journal of Research on Adolescence

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This study focused on natural mentoring relationships between nonparental adults and African American adolescent mothers. Data were collected from 93 adolescent mothers over five time points, starting in the adolescent mothers' senior year of high school and ending five years posthigh school. We found that having a natural mentor was related to fewer depressive symptoms and fewer anxiety symptoms over time. Natural mentor presence also modified the relationship between stress and mental health problems over time. Facilitating these natural mentoring relationships between adolescent mothers and nonparental adults may be a useful strategy for promoting healthy development within this population.

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Resilient adolescent mothers: Ethnographaic interviews.

Abstract: While some studies have noted strengths among teenage mothers, most studies focus on problems of teenage mothers. This particular solution-oriented study focuses 347

Cited by 12 publications

References 51 publications

Passing as “Normal”: Adolescent Girls’ Strategies for Escaping Stigma of Premarital Sex and Childbearing in Ghana

Passing as “Normal”: Adolescent Girls’ Strategies for Escaping Stigma of Premarital Sex and Childbearing in Ghana

Life Course Heterogeneity in the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood Among Adolescent Mothers

Natural Mentoring Relationships Among Adolescent Mothers: A Study of Resilience

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