Trauma and Early Adolescent Perceptions About Sex and Parenthood: The Mediating Role of Anger Regulation

Shreffler, Karina M.; Tiemeyer, Stacy; Giano, Zachary; Gallus, Kami L.; Cox, Ronald B.; Merten, Michael J.

doi:10.1177/0044118x18814051

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“…Aligned with the Cognitive Social Model of Fertility Intention, study indings demonstrate that adolescents' formation of pregnancy intentions were heavily dependent on their social structures. Participants identiied speciic social norms, family expectations and cultural values as key factors in framing how pregnancy intentions are formed, which is congruent with prior research focused on minority youth (Aiken, Dillaway, & Mevs-Korff, 2015;Arteaga, Caton, & Gomez, 2019;Shrefler et al, 2018). However, pregnancy intentions are often operationalized as one-time, simple decisions that lack consideration of these multiple perspectives.…”

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“I can try and plan, but still get pregnant”: The complexity of pregnancy intentions and reproductive health decision‐making for adolescents

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Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction: Teen pregnancy rates have declined in the United States; however, disparities continue to persist particularly among minority, low-income adolescents. A greater understanding of how pregnancy intentions are conceptualized for adolescents, and the role of the social context may illuminate reasons for disparities. The aim of this study was to expand the lens in which adolescents' perspectives of pregnancy are studied by exploring the contextual factors that frame how pregnancy intentions are developed among urban adolescents. Methods: Thirteen focus groups (N = 46) were conducted with male and female adolescents 15-19 years old in Baltimore, Maryland. Participants were recruited from local high schools, and focus groups were stratiied by sex and age (15-17 and 18-19). A phenomenological approach was applied to analyze the data both deductively and inductively, allowing for themes to emerge and align within an existing conceptual framework. Results: Two themes identiied were stated pregnancy intentions and shared schemas of sex and pregnancy. Participants discussed a range of pregnancy intentions and expressed ive social perspectives which informed those intentions: sex is a gendered responsibility, teen pregnancy is cyclical and common, teen pregnancy is not a completely negative experience, having a child fulills emotional and relational voids, and pregnancy should happen early, just not too early. Conclusion: Pregnancy intentions for adolescents are expansive and driven by complex social perspectives set in their context. More consideration of the context is needed to provide and offer adolescents, particularly those of vulnerable communities, supports that align with their reproductive health needs.

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“I can try and plan, but still get pregnant”: The complexity of pregnancy intentions and reproductive health decision‐making for adolescents

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“…Logistic regression is commonly used to perform a conventional mediation analysis (Samoilenko & Lefebvre, 2021). These studies employ the approximate mediation approach of Valeri and VanderWeele (2013), in which the rare outcome assumption (ROA) is essential (Lai et al, 2020; Shreffler et al, 2020). The dependent variable analysed should be relatively rare (Valeri & VanderWeele, 2013).…”

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Victimisation and fear of crime in Brazil: The effect on the desire to move

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2023

Journal of Criminology

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We examined the effect of victimization and fear of crime in Brazil and its attendant influence on the desire to move. Data drawn from the 2012 National Victimization Survey were used to model the relationship between victimization and the desire to move, with fear of crime used as a mediator variable. Our results indicate that being a victim of crime leads to increased fear, which, in turn, increases the desire to move. However, the indirect effect is comparatively small (i.e., our mediator variable—fear of crime—only marginally attenuates the relationship between victimization and the desire to move). We also found evidence that property victimization, victimization occurring close to an individual's home, and indirect victimization (i.e., hearing about a crime committed against another person in the neighborhood) were also predictors of an increased desire to move in Brazil. Lastly, our results also suggest the importance of distinguishing between victimization that occurred in the last 12 months compared to victimization that occurred more than 12 months ago. Thus, policies that reduce victimization and fear of crime may minimize the desire to move and any related economic and social costs.

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“…On one hand, adolescents who experienced more childhood adversity may have less ability to self-regulate emotions and behaviors [ 13 , 18 ] that lead to increased risk of pregnancy. For example, childhood sexual abuse has been linked to greater ambivalence toward and inconsistent use of contraceptives among adolescents [19] and more frequent high-risk sexual behaviors like early sexual debut and high numbers of sexual partners [20] .…”

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Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey

2021

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Objectives To examine the association between childhood trauma exposure (i.e., extent of interpersonal trauma experienced in childhood) and attitudes toward teen parenthood. Study design We used a cross-sectional sample of 416 urban middle and high school male and female students from Tulsa, OK recruited through a local public school district mailing list. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to examine odds of reporting having a baby would make life worse, better, or cause no change according to childhood trauma score. Results Approximately 8% of students and their guardians responded to the mailed survey invitation. Among the students, 67% reported having a baby would make their lives worse; 17% reported it would not change their lives much, and 16% reported having a baby would make their lives better. Each increase in trauma score was associated with a 9% increase in reporting an indifferent attitude ( p < 0.001) and a 15% increase in reporting a positive attitude toward having a baby ( p < 0.01). After controlling for a wide range of sociodemographic, attitudinal, and sexual history variables, childhood trauma remained associated with a positive attitude toward having a baby ( p <.01), but not an indifferent attitude toward having a baby. Conclusions Greater childhood trauma exposure is associated with indifferent and positive attitudes toward having a baby during adolescence. Implications Screening for childhood trauma and utilizing interventions designed to reduce the harmful effects of trauma exposure in childhood may offer a more targeted approach to adolescent pregnancy prevention strategies.

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Trauma and Early Adolescent Perceptions About Sex and Parenthood: The Mediating Role of Anger Regulation

Cited by 6 publications

References 59 publications

“I can try and plan, but still get pregnant”: The complexity of pregnancy intentions and reproductive health decision‐making for adolescents

“I can try and plan, but still get pregnant”: The complexity of pregnancy intentions and reproductive health decision‐making for adolescents

Victimisation and fear of crime in Brazil: The effect on the desire to move

Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey

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