Structure and stability of maternal support among pregnant and parenting adolescents

Bogat, G. Anne; Caldwell, Richard A.; Guzmán, Bianca L.; Galasso, Lisa; Davidson, William S.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199811)26:6<549::aid-jcop3>3.0.co;2-7

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“…Accordingly, the satisfaction with social support has consistently emerged as one of the most important protective factors for both depressive symptoms (7,9,49) and poor QoL during adolescent pregnancy (18,20). Although several sources of support have been linked to adolescents' adjustment, adolescents' mothers, followed by adolescents' partners, have been identified as those who exert the most influence in adolescents' adjustment during transition to motherhood (7,9,(18)(19)(20)(21)27).…”

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“…As such, the first aim of the current study was to analyze the links between perceived impact of pregnancy, depressive symptoms, and QoL in a sample of pregnant adolescents. As support from adolescent's mother and partner have been suggested as some of the most important protective factors against maladjustment during adolescent pregnancy (7,(18)(19)(20)(21), we also aimed to explore whether these factors were buffers of such links.…”

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Examining the Links Between Perceived Impact of Pregnancy, Depressive Symptoms, and Quality of Life During Adolescent Pregnancy: The Buffering Role of Social Support

Pires

Araújo-Pedrosa

Canavarro

2013

Matern Child Health J

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The aims of the current study were to examine the indirect effect of the perceived impact of pregnancy on quality of life (QoL) through the severity of depressive symptoms among a sample of pregnant adolescents, and to explore whether adolescents' satisfaction with support from their mothers (SM) or partners (SP) was a buffer of this effect. Demographic and pregnancy-related data were collected for 395 pregnant adolescents age 12-19 and were controlled for testing the proposed indirect effect. SM and SP were tested as moderators of the links between perceived impact of pregnancy and depressive symptoms and between depressive symptoms and QoL. A computational tool for path analysis-based moderation and mediation analysis as well as their combination was used to test indirect and interaction effects (PROCESS). A significant indirect effect of the perceived impact of pregnancy on QoL through the severity of depressive symptoms was found (0.51, CI = 0.29/0.78). There was no significant direct effect of the perceived impact of pregnancy on QoL after controlling for the severity of depressive symptoms. SM and SP buffered the indirect effect by weakening the association between a negative perception of the impact of pregnancy and higher severity of depressive symptoms. Identifying adolescents with a negative perception of the impact of pregnancy, improving the quality of their relations with their mothers and partners, and promoting satisfactory support from these figures may be extremely important to prevent and treat depressive symptoms and, in so doing, improve adolescents' QoL during pregnancy.

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Examining the Links Between Perceived Impact of Pregnancy, Depressive Symptoms, and Quality of Life During Adolescent Pregnancy: The Buffering Role of Social Support

Pires

Araújo-Pedrosa

Canavarro

2013

Matern Child Health J

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“…That is, when the relationship is positive, grandmother involvement may be perceived as helpful and associated with better outcomes for teen mothers (Gee & Rhodes, 2003). However, when relationship problems are present, grandmother involvement may be viewed as intrusive and controlling, increasing stress for teen mothers and, in turn, compromise her parenting (e.g., Bogat, Caldwell, Guzman, Galasso, & Davidson, 1998;Davis, 2002).…”

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A Review of Childrearing in African American Single Mother Families: The Relevance of a Coparenting Framework

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Clinical research on African American single mother families has focused largely on mother-child dyads, with relatively less empirical attention to the roles of other adults or family members who often assist with childrearing. This narrow definition of "family" fails to take into account the extended family networks which often provide support for African American single mother families and the influence of these other adults on maternal parenting and youth adjustment. Our review integrates the literature on the role of extended family members, highlights the strengths and limitations of this work, and proposes the use of theory and methods from the coparenting literature to guide future study in this area. The relevance of the study of coparenting for family-based intervention efforts targeting African American youth from single mother homes is addressed.

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“…The ASSIS has been used in a wide array of studies (e.g. Barrera & Balls 1983;Goodman et al 1984;Mitchell 1989;Barrera & Baca 1990;Frost & Pakiz 1990;Spieker & Bensley 1994;Bogat et al 1998) and available psychometric data consistently suggest that the measure is reliable and valid for many research purposes (Barrera 1980(Barrera , 1981(Barrera , 1986Barrera et al 1981;Valdenegro & Barrera 1983;Sandler & Barrera 1984).…”

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A social support and social strain measure for minority adolescent mothers: a confirmatory factor analytic study

Gee

Rhodes

2007

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Structure and stability of maternal support among pregnant and parenting adolescents

Cited by 16 publications

References 68 publications

Examining the Links Between Perceived Impact of Pregnancy, Depressive Symptoms, and Quality of Life During Adolescent Pregnancy: The Buffering Role of Social Support

Examining the Links Between Perceived Impact of Pregnancy, Depressive Symptoms, and Quality of Life During Adolescent Pregnancy: The Buffering Role of Social Support

A Review of Childrearing in African American Single Mother Families: The Relevance of a Coparenting Framework

A social support and social strain measure for minority adolescent mothers: a confirmatory factor analytic study

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