Adolescent Mothers Four Years Later: Narratives of the Self and Visions of the Future

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 36-49

  SmithBattle, Lee ^a   Leonard, Victoria Wynn ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Development; Identity; Narratives; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMOTIONS--WOMEN; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT--WOMEN; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY--WOMEN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-PERCEPTION--WOMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED MOTHERS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMOTIONS--WOMEN; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; INTERVIEWS; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT--WOMEN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY--WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SELF-PERCEPTION--WOMEN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNMARRIED MOTHERS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032015221     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199803000-00006     Document Type: Article

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