Psychosocial correlates of adolescent males' pregnancy intention
Psychosocial correlates of adolescent males' pregnancy intention
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DOI：
10.1542/peds.2005-0130
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发表时间：
2005-09-01
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8
通讯作者：
Ellen, JM
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作者：
Rosengard, C;Phipps, MG;Ellen, JM
Objective. To identify psychosocial differences between sexually experienced male adolescents who indicate intentions to get someone pregnant and those who do not.Methodology. Cross- sectional study of 101 sexually experienced adolescent males recruited from a sexually transmitted disease clinic in northern California. We used Student's t tests and regressions to examine psychosocial differences between males who reported any intention versus no intention to get someone pregnant in the next 6 months, and we used analyses of variance to examine differences among different combinations of pregnancy plans/ likelihood.Results. Adolescents' reports of their plans for getting someone pregnant differed from their assessments of the likelihood that they would do so ( x(2) = 24.33; df = 1). Attitudes toward pregnancy and participants' mothers' educational attainment differentiated those with clear pregnancy intentions ( planning and likely) from those with clear intentions to avoid pregnancy ( not planning and not likely)Conclusions. To reduce the rates of adolescent childbearing, males' pregnancy intentions must be assessed and asked about in multiple ways.
