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Perceived Self‐Care Capabilities of Abused/Neglected and NonabusedjNon‐neglected Pregnant, Low‐Socioeconomic Adolescents
Author(s) -
Warren Jacquelyn Kay
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1998.tb00427.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , agency (philosophy) , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , psychology , medicine , health care , psychiatry , environmental health , population , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , economics , economic growth
PURPOSE. The piirpose of this study was to determine zuhether abused and nonabused pregl‐iant, low‐socioeconomic adolescents differ in regard to perceived self‐care capabilities. SAMPLE. The sample ( N = 36) consisted of 18 abusedlneglected and 2 8 nonabusedlnon‐neglected adolescents. DATA ANALYSIS. The adolescents' responses on the Denyes Self‐care Agency lizstrument zuere analyzed to determine significant differences between the two groups regarding self‐care agency. FINDINGS. Significant differences Were found between the tzuo groups in regard to perceived relative valuing of health and perceived attention to health. CONCLUSIONS. Alfhough abused adolescents had a higher level of relative valuing of health and lower attention to health than their nonabused counterparts, findings show that both groups are capable of performing self‐care and should be encouraged to do so.