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Author: Chung, Seungwon
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Linking Characteristics of the Adolescent Mothers to the Context in Which Parenting Occurs: A Study on Adolescent Mothers and their School-Aged Children of the Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, 1995 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Behavioral Problems; Children, School-Age; Cognitive Development; Education; Family Income; Family Studies; Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Mothers, Adolescent; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Self-Esteem The primary purpose of the present study was to identify factors that may influence the quality of care adolescent mothers provide for their children. The factors related to the children's cognitive and behavioral outcomes were also examined. The analysis in this study was based on 566 children (341 African-American, 225 Caucasian), who were 10 to 17 years-old, from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) merged mother- child data set. Results showed that maternal characteristics at the beginning of the study influenced the life- course of the mother, and contexts in which the children were reared, namely, marital relationships, level of family income, and number of children in the household. Both maternal characteristics and contextual factors influenced the mothers' caregiving practices, and ultimately the developmental outcomes of their children. Based on regression analysis, mothers who had higher levels of intelligence and self-esteem provided better quality home environments. Children who had higher scores in two PIAT reading measures tended to come from more supportive home environments and had mothers who were more intelligent. |
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Chung, Seungwon. Linking Characteristics of the Adolescent Mothers to the Context in Which Parenting Occurs: A Study on Adolescent Mothers and their School-Aged Children of the. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, 1995. |