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ERIC Number: EJ453907
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4537
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The Adoption Alternative for Pregnant Adolescents: Decision Making, Consequences, and Policy Implications.
Sobol, Michael P.; Daly, Kerry J.
Journal of Social Issues, v48 n3 p143-61 1992
Reviews issues surrounding adoption as an option for resolving teen crisis pregnancies. Examines the decision-making processes and social psychological consequences of adoption as a distinct phenomenon, including adoption rates and characteristics, factors influencing the adoption decision, birth mother response to adoption placement, and social policy regarding adoption placement. (JB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Biological Parents, Birth, Child Welfare, Decision Making, Early Parenthood, Illegitimate Births, Parent Child Relationship, Pregnancy, Pregnant Students, Public Policy, Social Influences, Unwed Mothers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue with title "Psychological Perspectives on Abortion and Its Alternatives."