title: Family relationship patterns: perceptions of teenage mothers and their non-mother peers.
abstract: Perceptions of self and family members were determined at two time periods for a sample of 30 teenage mothers and 30 non-mothers using the Family Relations Inventory and a family map exercise. Both at present and from childhood reminiscences, teen mothers perceived their mothers and sisters more positively than did non-mothers; fathers and brothers of the adolescent mothers were viewed more negatively than were those of the non-mothers. Results are discussed in light of prior explanations of adolescent motherhood with respect to family dynamics. An approach to intervention is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Studies, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment