TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban black adolescents who obtain contraceptive services before or after their first pregnancy. Psychosocial factors and contraceptive use
AU - Freeman, Ellen W.
AU - Rickels, Karl
AU - Huggins, George R.
AU - Garcia, Celso Ramon
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge with appreciation the statistical support of Robert W. Downing, Ph.D. and the computer programming assistance of Gary Silbert. This work was supported in part by grants from the Grant Foundation and the National Institute of Child Health and Haman Development, HD-13630.
PY - 1984/7
Y1 - 1984/7
N2 - This paper compares three groups of urban black teenagers at their enrollment in a contraceptive program and at a one-year follow-up. The groups comprise 263 never-pregnant, postabortion, and postpartum teens ages ≤ 17 years at their initial family planning visit. Self-report questionnaires examined attitudes and information about pregnancy and contraceptive use, sources of contraceptive information, sexual and contraceptive experience, family and partner support for contraceptive use, and demographic background factors. Emotional, personality, and psychosocial factors were assessed with standard measures. Age, partner relationships, and items relating to the mother's communication about contraception and pregnancy were significant variables in the outcome of never-pregnant and delivery of pregnancy. Self-esteem was highest in the never-pregnant group. Personality factors, emotional distress, and social adjustment scores were in the normal ranges and did not differ between the groups. Contraceptive use at follow-up was most consistent in the never-pregnant group. These data suggest the need for earlier family involvement in educating and guiding teens together with access to contraceptive services in preventing unwanted adolescent pregnancies.
AB - This paper compares three groups of urban black teenagers at their enrollment in a contraceptive program and at a one-year follow-up. The groups comprise 263 never-pregnant, postabortion, and postpartum teens ages ≤ 17 years at their initial family planning visit. Self-report questionnaires examined attitudes and information about pregnancy and contraceptive use, sources of contraceptive information, sexual and contraceptive experience, family and partner support for contraceptive use, and demographic background factors. Emotional, personality, and psychosocial factors were assessed with standard measures. Age, partner relationships, and items relating to the mother's communication about contraception and pregnancy were significant variables in the outcome of never-pregnant and delivery of pregnancy. Self-esteem was highest in the never-pregnant group. Personality factors, emotional distress, and social adjustment scores were in the normal ranges and did not differ between the groups. Contraceptive use at follow-up was most consistent in the never-pregnant group. These data suggest the need for earlier family involvement in educating and guiding teens together with access to contraceptive services in preventing unwanted adolescent pregnancies.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Contraceptive use
KW - Family planning
KW - Psychosocial factors
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U2 - 10.1016/S0197-0070(84)80040-6
DO - 10.1016/S0197-0070(84)80040-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 6735834
AN - SCOPUS:0021166254
VL - 5
SP - 183
EP - 190
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
SN - 1054-139X
IS - 3
ER -