Pregnancy in Adolescence - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Working with teen moms and babies at risk: the power of partnering.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To describe the nature of how nurses establish and maintain relationships with first-time pregnant, poor teenagers and their families to achieve health and life course outcomes. STUDY DESIGN: Qualitative grounded theory was used to develop ... Read more...

Investigating the relationship between teenage childbearing and psychological distress using longitudinal evidence.

30 Aug 2009 The high levels of depression among teenage mothers have received considerable research attention in smaller targeted samples, but a large-scale examination of the complex relationship between adolescent childbearing and psychological distress that ... Read more...

Sibling relationship, family, and genetic factors in sibling similarity in sexual risk.

30 Jul 2009 Siblings' risky attitudes toward sex and pregnancy and risky sexual behavior were studied in 1583 dyads from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. We tested moderators of the links between 2 siblings' reports of sexual risk as well ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy in Adolescence - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Working with teen moms and babies at risk: the power of partnering. 30 Aug 2009
• Investigating the relationship between teenage childbearing and psychological distress using longitudinal evidence. 30 Aug 2009
• Sibling relationship, family, and genetic factors in sibling similarity in sexual risk. 30 Jul 2009
• Teenagers and emergency contraception in the UK: a focus group study of salient beliefs using concepts from the Theory of Planned Behaviour. 30 May 2009
• Intimate partner violence among economically disadvantaged young adult women: associations with adolescent risk-taking and pregnancy experiences. 30 May 2009
• Randomized controlled trial of a paraprofessional-delivered in-home intervention for young reservation-based American Indian mothers. 30 May 2009
• Participatory research brings knowledge and hope to American Indian communities. 30 May 2009
• Pregnancy and protection: perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australian female adolescents. 30 May 2009
• Screening for postpartum depression at well-child visits: is once enough during the first 6 months of life? 30 May 2009
• Brief report: Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in pregnant teenagers. 3 Apr 2009
• Adolescent gynecology. 30 Mar 2009
• Violence exposure and the association between young African American mothers' discipline and child problem behavior. 26 Mar 2009
• Brief report: A socio-demographic profile of multiparous teenage mothers. Mar 2009
• [Objective and perceived knowledge of oral contraceptive methods among adolescent mothers] 27 Feb 2009
• Making sense of home pregnancy test instructions. 27 Feb 2009
• Depression in pregnant adolescents: considerations for treatment. 30 Jan 2009
• Mental health corner. 30 Jan 2009
• Relationships among depressive symptoms, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in African-American adolescent girls. 30 Jan 2009
• Adapting a multifaceted U.S. HIV prevention education program for girls in Ghana. 30 Jan 2009
• Making dreams, not babies: the power of hope in a teen family planning clinic. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Pregnancy in Adolescence'

Definition: Pregnancy in human adolescent females under the age of 19.

Descriptor UI: D011253

Alternative terms: Pregnancy in Adolescence; Adolescence, Pregnancy in; Teen Pregnancy; Pregnancies, Teen; Pregnancy, Teen; Teen Pregnancies; Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescent Pregnancies; Pregnancies, Adolescent; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Pregnancy, Teenage; Pregnancies, Teenage; Teenage Pregnancies; Teenage Pregnancy; Preteen Pregnancy; Pregnancies, Preteen; Pregnancy, Preteen; Preteen Pregnancies;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug effects; ethnology; genetics; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; radiation effects; urine; ethics; prevention & control; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: G08.686.785.760.769.494;

History Note: 79

Technical Notes: IM; use only for pregnancy as a social, cultural, or psychological problem in adolescents; for other aspects of PREGNANCY (IM) in adolescents, use PREGNANCY (IM) + ADOLESCENT (check tag); includes pregnancy in children under 13; check tags HUMAN; FEMALE; PREGNANCY & ADOLESCENT or CHILD if under 13