A comparison of young women's psychosocial status based on age of their first childbirth.
This 12-year longitudinal study examined the psychological status; social relationships; and home, work, and parenting stress and satisfaction in their young adulthood for a sample of rural women who were teen mothers compared to their cohort who had their first child in their twenties. Differences in depression, loneliness, and self-esteem were explained by prior psychological status as teens. Home stress/satisfaction factors and parenting satisfaction and efficacy were also similar after controlling for number of children. Service providers need to understand psychosocial outcomes of first childbirth in order to more effectively meet the physical and mental health needs of all young mothers.
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College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics; D012424:Rural Population; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States