ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES, CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND PARENTHOOD

该项目的目标是描述青少年的心理社会背景 性行为和非性行为的风险承担和问题行为 耳朵对家庭的长期影响。我们最新的研究，使用数据 来自一项具有全国代表性的关于青年及其子女的大型调查， 评估母亲年龄对儿童认知发展的影响。 在控制母亲的年龄因素后，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，产妇的年龄 是黑人认知发展的重要预测指标。最近， 工作人员已经开始更多地关注原因、关联和后果 青少年的冒险行为和问题行为。一次领导会议 研究人员被召集起来，以调查目前的最先进技术， 整合不同的观点，并寻找新的机会 研究。最后，从对家庭、同龄人、 性问题和非性问题的心理、社会相关因素 近900名青年对艾滋病的态度。数据减少和 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.