Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents and Their Younger Sisters: The Influence of Relationship Qualities for Younger Sister Outcomes

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-90

  East, Patricia L ^a   Shi, Carol R ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual activity; Sibling relationships; Teenage childbearing; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; INFANT; JUVENILE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING RELATION; SIBLINGS--WOMEN; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; SIBLINGS--WOMEN; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS;

EID: 0031112567     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199704000-00002     Document Type: Article

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