Differences in adolescent self-concept as a function of race, geographic location, and pregnancy.
This study compares the self-concept scores of pregnant African-American adolescents from urban and rural areas. It was conducted in alternative schools for pregnant adolescents using the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ) as a data collection instrument with 199 girls 13 to 19 years of age. It was hypothesized that the self-concept of pregnant, African-American adolescents would not be influenced by their age or geographic location. Results of the data analysis refuted the null hypotheses. The self-concept scores of both groups were not as high as those of a nonpregnant norm group of adolescents, but the scores of the pregnant adolescents were very similar regardless of age or geographic location.
Pete-McGadney
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Texas Woman's University, Dallas 75235-7299, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012424:Rural Population; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment; D014505:Urban Population