title: The adolescent as mother: Early risk identification.
abstract: Adjustment to parenting is a difficult process for the adolescent. This research attempted to identify easy-to-use maternal postpartum screening dimensions to predict two-month adjustment among 28 primipara adolescents. The results suggest several predictors of adjustment: initial parenting attitudes, preparation for parenting including involvement in instruction as well as specific knowledge areas, infant holding style, and aspects of social functioning. Postpartum risk screening may be a feasible way to identify intervention needs. Early screening would encourage early involvement in preventive programs. It would also provide a framework for evaluation and improvement of services to young mothers.
authors.affiliation: Applied Behavioral Science Program at Wright State University, 45435, Dayton, Ohio.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Cordell