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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"adolescent mothers"”.
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Breastfeeding Influencing Factors in Thai Adolescent Mothers
… ensuring healthy infant nutrition. However, many adolescents remain unaware of the role of breastfeeding. Adolescent mothers continue to have the lowest rate of breastfeeding in many countries including Thailand, with only 17% of Thai adolescent mothers continuing to breastfed at 6 months …
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Antenatal predictors of maternal bonding for adolescent mothers
Research studies have found that pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers differ from their older counterparts on a number of psychological factors. Differences have been noted in the level of antenatal bonding to the foetus, the presence of depressive and/or anxious symptomatology during the …
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Supporting adolescent mothers using Video Interaction Guidance (VIG)
Children of adolescent mothers may be more likely to have negative developmental outcomes, which may be mediated by socio-demographic factors and lower levels of maternal sensitivity. In order to support adolescent mothers and the outcomes of their children, there is some evidence to suggest that …
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Determinants of parent-child interaction in adolescent mothers
… related to the quality of interactions between adolescent mothers and their infants. Maternal variables are: general knowledge of developmental milestones, accuracy of knowledge of one's own child's development, locus of control, self-efficacy, and age. Accuracy of knowledge of one's own child's …
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The Career Development of Adolescent Mothers: Research to Practice
… understanding of the career development of adolescent mothers by (a) highlighting the contextual considerations; (b) examining the existing body of literature; (c) contributing to the research on adolescent mothers' career adaptability, resiliency, and obstacles; and (c) proposing ways to …
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The childbirth experiences of adolescent mothers in the Western Cape
… the lived childbirth experiences of middle adolescent mothers between 14 and 16 years of age. Methodology: A qualitative design was followed, using Husserl's phenomenological approach. Information was gathered by semi-structured conversations. Identified themes and sub-themes (Colaizzi's …
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Adolescent Mothers' Relationships With Their Mothers: Communication, Support and Shared Caregiving
… included twenty-six pairs of cohabitating adolescent mothers and their mothers, referred to as grandmothers. Mothers and grandmothers reported increased communication, with a focus on the grandchildren and parenting after the mother's initiation of parenting. Grandmothers also wanted to …
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Adolescent mothers' relationships with their mothers and peers: A developmental perspective
… younger (aged 14-16) and older (aged 17-19) adolescents mothers' relationships with their mothers and peers. Both supportive and problematic aspects of these relationships were explored. First, differences between the two groups of adolescent mothers in their receipt of maternal and peer …
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Effects of friend support on the parenting behavior of Latina adolescent mothers
Social support and parenting research with adolescent mothers has principally focused on samples of African American and European American mothers and support provided by the parenting adolescent’s own mother. There are gaps in the available empirical evidence regarding support provided by other …
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Sexual Risk Taking Behaviors Among African American Adolescent Mothers: An Ecological Perspective
… sexual risk behaviors of 137 African American adolescent mothers. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed the complex pattern of interrelated factors associated with sexual risk behavior. More specifically, gaps in AIDS knowledge, as well as high levels of depression and stress were …
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Influences on Parenting and Child Outcomes Among School -Age Children of Adolescent Mothers
Extensive research on adolescent parenthood has found both children and their teenage mothers to be at a disadvantage compared to their counterparts who have children in early adulthood rather than adolescence. However, few studies have identified processes by which adolescent mothers' parenting …
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Perceptions of Postpartum Depression among Adolescent Mothers and the Social Construction of Related Stigma
… perceptions of postpartum depression among nine adolescent mothers. The discussions were tape recorded, transcribed and analyzed using symbolic interaction theory, specifically Goffman's concept of stigma. Participants identified major stigma themes in relation to postpartum depression, teenage …
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A Healthy Pregnancy Curriculum For Adolescent Mothers: Participants' Perceptions And Effects On Infants' Birth Weight
… and Apgar scores of infants between pregnant adolescents who successfully complete a healthy pregnancy curriculum and those who do not and to further examine the adolescent mothers' perceptions of the major concepts included in a healthy pregnancy curriculum. The study involved the collection …
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Adolescent Mothers' Relationships With Their Children's Biological Fathers: Social Support, Social Strain, and Relationship Continuity
Two-hundred and eighteen low-income, minority, adolescent mothers were interviewed during the perinatal period and three years later about their relationships with their children's fathers. Few adolescents were involved with fathers at both time points. A notable number (10%) of the fathers were …
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