ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES, CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND PARENTHOOD

本项目的目标是描述青少年的心理社会背景， 性和非性的冒险和问题行为，并探讨 耳病对家庭的长期影响。 我们最近的研究，使用数据 根据一项全国性的青年及其子女调查， 评估了母亲年龄对儿童认知发展的影响。 在控制了母亲的年龄因素后，母亲年龄的影响可以忽略不计 智力、社会人口状况和家庭质量 环境 然而，在控制了这些变量之后， 是黑人认知发展的重要预测因素。 最近， 工作人员开始更加关注原因、相关因素和后果 青少年的冒险行为和问题行为。 领导会议 召集研究人员以调查当前的最新技术， 整合不同的观点，并确定新的机会， research. 最后，通过对家庭、同伴、 性和非性问题的心理和社会相关性， 对艾滋病的态度近900名青年。 数据简化和 初步分析正在进行中。

This project's goals are to describe the psychosocial context of adolescent sexual and nonsexual risk-taking and problem behaviors and to explore the long-term effects of ear on families. Our most recent study, using data from a large nationally representative survey of youth and their children, assessed the effects of maternal age on children's cognitive development. The effect of maternal age were negligible after controlling for maternal intelligence, sociodemographic status, and the quality of the home environment. After controlling for these variables, however, maternal age was a significant predictor of cognitive development in blacks. Recently, staff have begun to focus more on the causes, correlates, and consequences of adolescent risk taking and problem behaviors. A conference of leading researchers was convened in order to survey the current state-of-the-art, to integregate diverse perspectives, and to identify new opportunities for research. Finally, data were obtained from a survey of the family, peer, psychological, and social correlates of sexual and nonsexual problems and attitudes about AIDS among almost 900 youth. Data reduction and preliminary analyses are underway.