ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES, CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND PARENTHOOD

该项目涉及对两个大型国家的数据进行分析- 有代表性的样品以及较小的样品。我们的目标是 描述青少年为人父母的心理社会背景，并 探索这对母亲和父亲的长期影响。 A.青春期父亲的特点。不分种族， 研究发现，青少年为人父母只是一个更广泛的症状 各种心理社会问题。与没有父亲的人和 年龄和背景相似的非母亲，十几岁的父母 更有可能有与警方有牵连的历史， 学校问题和药物滥用。问题行为 综合征在青春期男性中尤其明显。一台较小的 研究表明，青春期父亲的态度和 成年父亲的期望，以及成年父亲 青春期的伴侣更像青春期的父亲，而不是成年人 有成年伴侣的父亲。 B.青少年为人父母的长期相关因素。青少年 男性和女性的婚姻都与身体缺陷有关 婚姻稳定性、收入、教育程度和职业 婚后至少40年的威望。为 无论是青春期生育还是青春期婚姻的母亲 与更高的终生生育率，更低的收入，更少的 有声望的职业评级，较低的教育程度，以及 更频繁的婚姻解体。最好的结果是 由那些同时推迟生育和结婚的女性获得 进入成年期。 显然，青少年为人父母并不是一个偶然的事件。它可能 也会对心理和社会经济产生长期影响 男性和女性的地位。

This project involves analyses of data from two large nationally- representative samples as well as smaller samples. The goal is to describe the psychosocial context of adolescent parenthood and to explore the long-term effects for both mothers and fathers. A. Characteristics of adolescent fathers. Regardless of race, adolescent parenthood was found to be but one symptom of a wider variety of psychosocial problems. Compared with nonfathers and nonmothers of similar ages and backgrounds, adolescent parents were much more likely to have a history of involvement with the police, school problems, and substance abuse. The problem behavior syndrome was especially marked among adolescent men. A smaller study showed that adolescent fathers differ in their attitudes and expectations from adult fathers, and that adult fathers with adolescent partners resembled adolescent fathers more than adult fathers with adult partners. B. Long-term correlates of adolescent parenthood. Adolescent marriage was associated in both men and women with deficits in marital stability, income, educational attainment, and occupational prestige through at least 40 years after the marriage. For mothers, both adolescent childbearing and adolescent marriage were associated with higher lifetime fertility, lower income, less prestigious occupational ratings, lower educational attainment, and more frequent marital dissolution. The "best" outcomes were obtained by those women who delayed both childbearing and marriage into adulthood. Evidently, adolescent parenthood is not a random event. It may also have long-term effects on the psychological and socioeconomic status of both men and women.