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- Title
Resolution of Unwanted Pregnancy During Adolescence Through Abortion Versus Childbirth: Individual and Family Predictors and Psychological Consequences.
- Authors
Coleman, Priscilla K.
- Abstract
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, various demographic, psychological, educational, and family variables were explored as predictors of pregnancy resolution. Only 2 of the 17 variables examined were significantly associated with pregnancy resolution (risk-taking and the desire to leave home). After controlling for these variables, adolescents who aborted an unwanted pregnancy were more inclined than adolescents who delivered to seek psychological counseling and they reported more frequent problems sleeping and more frequent marijuana use. No significant differences were observed for cigarette smoking, frequency of alcohol use, and problems with parents based on alcohol use after the controls were instituted; however without controls, significant associations were observed, underscoring the importance of the use of psychological and situational controls in studies of the consequences of abortion. The information derived from this study is potentially useful to parents and professionals who provide guidance to adolescents regarding pregnancy resolution.
- Subjects
UNWANTED pregnancy; TEENAGERS; PARENTING; ABORTION; HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL method; EDUCATION; COUNSELING; MARIJUANA &; society; SLEEP disorders; SMOKING
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2006, Vol 35, Issue 6, p903
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-006-9094-x