Teen Motherhood and Pregnancy Prototypes: The Role of Social Context in Changing Young African American Mothers' Risk Images and Contraceptive Expectations

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1884-1897

  Barr, Ashley B ^a   Simons, Ronald L ^a   Simons, Leslie Gordon ^b   Gibbons, Frederick X ^c   Gerrard, Meg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Community context; Prototype favorability; Risk images; Social comparison; Teen motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888007535     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9912-x     Document Type: Article

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