Brief report: perceptions of positive and negative support: do they differ for pregnant/parenting adolescents and nonpregnant, nonparenting adolescents?

Sedahlia Jasper Crase; Cathy Hockaday; Pamela Cooper McCarville

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.11.007

Brief report: perceptions of positive and negative support: do they differ for pregnant/parenting adolescents and nonpregnant, nonparenting adolescents?

J Adolesc. 2007 Jun;30(3):505-12. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.11.007. Epub 2007 Mar 6.

Authors

Sedahlia Jasper Crase¹, Cathy Hockaday, Pamela Cooper McCarville

Affiliation

¹ Iowa State University, USA. sedahlia@iastate.edu <sedahlia@iastate.edu>

PMID: 17337046
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.11.007

Abstract

This study was designed to examine perceptions of type, source, and amount of social support reported by pregnant and/or parenting (PP) and nonpregnant, nonparenting (NPNP) adolescents. Greater support generally was reported by NPNP than by PP adolescents. The groups did not differ with respect to their perceptions of types of support reported on either the Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors (ISSB) or the Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule (ASSIS). PP adolescents reported more support from teachers on the ASSIS than did NPNP adolescents. NPNP adolescents reported more support from best friends and sisters than did the PP group.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior / psychology*
Attitude*
Female
Humans
Male
Parenting*
Pregnancy
Social Perception*
Social Support*
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