Attitudes of Teenage Mothers Towards Pregnancy and Childbirth
Autor: | Celina Łepecka-Klusek, Agnieszka Bałanda-Bałdyga, Grażyna Stadnicka, Beata Dobrowolska, Anna Bogusława Pilewska-Kozak |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Adolescent Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Dispositional optimism lcsh:Medicine Mothers childbirth Social issues Article Developmental psychology Likert scale 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine medicine Childbirth Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Retrospective Studies Pregnancy 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Parturition dispositional optimism medicine.disease teenage mothers Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies attitude Pregnancy in Adolescence Marital status Teenage mothers Female pregnancy Psychology |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 4 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 4, p 1411 (2020) |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17041411 |
Popis: | The problem of early motherhood is still a serious medical and social problem in many countries around the world. The aim of this study was to analyze the attitudes of teenage mothers towards pregnancy and childbirth. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted with the use of an original questionnaire containing a test to measure attitudes on a five-point Likert scale and a Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) to assess dispositional optimism. The study involved 308 teenage mothers between 13 and 19 years of age. Attitudes of teenage mothers towards pregnancy and childbirth were more often positive (90.6%) than negative (9.4%). Sociodemographic features determining the attitudes of teenage mothers towards both their pregnancy and childbirth included their age, marital status, current occupation, and main source of income. The type of attitude adopted by teenage mothers towards pregnancy and childbirth was significantly related to the level of their dispositional optimism. |
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