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ERIC Number: EJ553458
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2445
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The Relationship of Childhood Sexual Abuse to Teenage Pregnancy.
Roosa, Mark W.; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Reinholtz, Cindy; Angelini, Patricia Jo
Journal of Marriage and the Family, v59 n1 p119-30 Feb 1997
Examined the sexual history of 2,003 young women to determine whether childhood sexual abuse contributed to a greater risk for teenage pregnancy. Results indicate that sexual abuse alone was not related to the incidence of teenage pregnancy, but sexual precocity was related to much higher incidences of teenage pregnancy. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Correlation, Females, Higher Education, Pregnancy, Pregnant Students, Secondary Education, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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