Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Hayward, Sarah C.

Description

1. x, 133 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Series statement

1. Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; v. 26

Uniform title

1. Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; v. 26.

Subject

1. Teenage pregnancy > United States
2. Teenagers > Sexual behavior > United States
3. Birth control > United States
4. Contraception
5. Teenage pregnancy
6. Teenagers > United States
7. Adolescent
8. Contraception
9. Pregnancy in Adolescence
10. Sexual Behavior
11. Teenagers
12. Birth control
13. Teenage pregnancy
14. Teenagers > Sexual behavior
15. Geburtenregelung
16. Jugend
17. Minderjährigkeit
18. Schwangerschaft
19. Sexualverhalten
20. Adolescenten
21. Seksueel gedrag
22. Zwangerschap
23. United States
24. USA

Contents

1. Adolescent Pregnancy in the United States -- The Emergence of the Adolescent Pregnancy Issue -- Adolescent Fertility Behaviors -- The Social Environment -- Comparison With Other Industrialized Nations -- Age of Sexual Onset -- Physical Maturation and Sexual Onset -- Cultural Norms -- The Role of Self-Concept -- Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use -- The Nature of Adolescent Sexual Activity -- Adolescent Perceptions of Their Partners and Sexual Selves -- Barriers to Contraceptive Use -- Attitudes and Behavior -- Childbearing: Its Consequences and Management -- Consequences of Early Parenthood -- Why Do Adolescents Bear Children? -- The Pregnant Adolescent and Her Child -- Interventions -- Categories of Intervention -- Program Evaluation -- An Intervention That Worked: The Baltimore Project -- Points of Intervention -- Approaches to Service Provision.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-128) and index.