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Social Support in Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: Research, Critique, and Recommendations
Author(s) -
Cynthia Logsdon M.,
Birkimer John C.,
Ratterman Amelia,
Cahill Krista,
Cahill Nancy
Publication year - 2002
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.1744-6171.2002.tb00328.x
Subject(s) - social support , pregnancy , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , biology , genetics
ISSUE AND PURPOSE: Adolescent pregnancies continue to occur at an alarming rate in the United States, resulting in adverse outcomes for both the adolescent and her baby. Since social support has been shown to improve pregnancy and parenting outcomes, a critique of research in this area is presented.