title: Adolescent body image during pregnancy.
abstract: This study compares the body perceptions of pregnant teenagers with those of their never-pregnant peers. Forty-three third-trimester pregnant girls were matched by age, race, socioeconomic status, and pubertal development to 43 never-pregnant girls. Subjects were given the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS), a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 100 self-descriptive statements which are divided into nine subscales. When compared with never-pregnant girls, the pregnant girls have a higher overall self-esteem, a more positive body image, a surer self-identity, and feel more productive as a family member, but appeared limited in their capacity for self-criticism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuhashi
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Felice
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires