Early Pregnancy among Adolescent Females with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Risk Factors and Outcomes.

Yampolskaya, Svetlana; Brown, Eric C.; Greenbaum, Paul E.

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ERIC Number: EJ647180

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Publication Date: 2002

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Early Pregnancy among Adolescent Females with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Risk Factors and Outcomes.

Yampolskaya, Svetlana; Brown, Eric C.; Greenbaum, Paul E.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v10 n2 p108-15 Sum 2002

A study involving 109 female adolescents with serious emotional disturbances (ages 9-18) found the following risk factors for early pregnancy: being African American, low family income, dropping out of school, conduct disorder, and substance use disorder. However, according to multivariate analysis, only dropping out of school was a significant predictor. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Dropouts, Early Parenthood, Emotional Disturbances, Family Income, Females, Multivariate Analysis, Poverty, Predictor Variables, Pregnancy, Racial Differences, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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