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Adolescent Motherhood: An Application of the Stress and Coping Model to Child-Rearing Attitudes and Practices

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1994

Abstract

In the past two decades there has been a significant increase in adolescent pregnancy and childbearing across North America. Research has shown that both mother and child remain at high risk for physical, psychological, social, and economic consequences of premature parenthood and its accelerated role transition. Although considerable research has examined adolescent parenthood, the literature lacks theoretical integration. The stress and coping model is proposed as a theoretical context to explain development outcomes of adolescent motherhood. This model suggests that diminished psychological and social coping resources of adolescent mothers influence negative parent-child interactions and result in ineffective parenting behaviours concomitant with parenting stress, thus increasing the likelihood of high risk outcomes for both parents and children.

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Il y eu, au cours des deux dernières décennies une augmentation significative des grossesses et maternités d'adolescentes in Amérique du Nord. La recherche a montré que la mère comme l'enfant représentent un risque élevé de subir des conséquences psychiaques, psychologiques, sociales, et économiques négatives liées à la parentalité précoce entrainant une transition de rôle accélérée. Bien que beaucoup de recherches ait été réalisées sur la question de la parentalité adolescente, la littérature est faible quant à l'intégration théorique. Le modèle du stress et adaptation est proposé comme un cadre théorique permettant d'expliquer les impacts développementaux de la maternité adolescente. Ce modèle suggère que la diminution de ressources adaptatives, psychologiques et sociales, dess mères adolescents a un effet négatif sur les interactions parent-enfant et conduit à des comportements parentaux inefficaces liés au stress parental. Tout ceci augmente la probabilité de conduites à risque élevé tant pour les parents que pour l'enfant.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 13Number 1April 1994
Pages: 5 - 24

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Linda Kurtz
University of Montreal
Jeffrey L. Derevensky

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