Behavioral and emotional functioning in children of adolescent mothers.
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Vol. 54 (4), 578-594
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01528.x
Abstract
This study compared children of mothers in three age groups--15-17, 18-19, and 20-24 years--at the birth of their first child. Outcome measures were ratings of psychological functioning obtained at three time periods from multiple sources. Results, controlling for family structure and maternal education, indicate that children of adolescent mothers were generally not different from children of mothers in their early twenties with respect to behavioral and emotional functioning. Maternal education had a far greater effect on the outcome measures than did maternal age.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Mental Health (5-R01 MH-27458)
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