Do adolescents want to avoid pregnancy? Attitudes toward pregnancy as predictors of pregnancy
Do adolescents want to avoid pregnancy? Attitudes toward pregnancy as predictors of pregnancy
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DOI：
10.1016/s1054-139x(03)00134-4
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发表时间：
2003-08-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Dittus, P
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作者：
Jaccard, J;Dodge, T;Dittus, P
目的：记录青少年对怀孕感到矛盾的程度，并检查怀孕态度与一年后怀孕的发生之间的关系。对怀孕态度的人口学相关性也进行了调查。方法：采用国家青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health）数据库的子样本进行前瞻性研究。样本为4869名9年级至11年级的青春期女生，她们每一年完成两次访谈。采用Logistic回归分析从第一波妊娠态度预测第二波妊娠的发生。结果：相当数量的青春期女性（15%-30%）报告说，相对于同龄人，她们对怀孕有一定程度的矛盾心理。青少年女性对怀孕的态度可以预测一年后怀孕的发生。此外，还确定了与怀孕态度相关的人口统计学因素，包括种族、年龄、关系状况、母亲的教育水平以及青少年来自单亲家庭还是双亲家庭。结论：研究结果表明，相对于同龄人，少数青少年对怀孕存在矛盾心理，这些态度预示着怀孕的发生。(C)青少年医学学会，2003年。
Purpose: To document the extent to which adolescents feel ambivalent towards getting pregnant and to examine the relationship between pregnancy attitudes and the occurrence of a pregnancy one year later. Demographic correlates of pregnancy attitudes also were examined.Methods: This was a prospective study using a sub-sample of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) data base. The sample was 4869 adolescent females in grades 9 through 11 who completed two interviews at a one year interval. Logistic regression analyses were used to predict occurrence of a pregnancy at wave 2 from attitudes toward pregnancy at wave 1.Results: A substantial number of adolescent females (15%-30%) reported some degree of ambivalence toward becoming pregnant relative to their peers. Adolescent females' attitudes towards pregnancy were predictive of the occurrence of a pregnancy one year later. Additionally, demographic correlates of the pregnancy attitude were identified, including differences due to ethnicity, age, relationship status, mother's education level, and whether the adolescent came from a one or a two parent home.Conclusions: Results suggest that a significant minority of adolescents have some ambivalence toward pregnancy relative to their peers and that these attitudes are predictive of the occurrence of pregnancy. (C) Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2003.