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Pregnancy Status, Self‐Esteem, and Ethnicity: Some Relationships in a Sample of Adolescents
Author(s) -
Smith Delores E.,
Johnson Mandel E.,
Findlay Henry J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x94232006
Subject(s) - ethnic group , self esteem , pregnancy , clinical psychology , psychology , african american , demography , developmental psychology , medicine , political science , history , ethnology , sociology , biology , genetics , law
This study used the multidimensional construct of self‐esteem to investigate the relationships among pregnancy status, self‐esteem, and ethnicity. These relationships were examined in a sample of 100 pregnant/parenting and never‐pregnant African American and European American female adolescents ranging in age from 15 to 19 years. Findings indicated that, although self‐esteem and pregnancy status were associated for European American adolescents, these variables were not associated for African American adolescents. The study suggested that self‐esteem is associated with pregnancy for European American adolescents but not for African Americans. Never‐pregnant European American adolescents scored significantly better than their same‐race pregnant counterparts on 10 of the 12 self‐esteem dimensions examined.