title: Maternal characteristics of adolescent mothers and older mothers of infants.
abstract: Cognitive status and childrearing attitudes of adolescent mothers were compared with those of older women from the same socioeconomic status when their children were infants. The 106 adolescent mothers were significantly lower than the 47 older women on measures of cognitive status but significantly higher in authoritarian attitudes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA. campb@UCHSC.edu.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Camp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001318:Authoritarianism; D002668:Child Rearing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*