Social support and gender role attitude among teenage mothers.
This study identifies some of the factors that account for a relatively flexible gender role orientation among adolescent mothers. Education and support from family, peers, and the father of the child(ren) were predictive of a positive attitude toward combining career and child-care roles and competing in the labor market on an equal basis with males. The implications are relevant for school-based and social programs designed to enhance competent attitudes and performance among young mothers who are preparing for careers.
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School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support