Connectedness of Pregnant Adolescents Who Smoke

To examine the relationship of the constructs from the family and school environments and protective individual characteristics to health risk behaviors among pregnant adolescents who smoke. Inner-city adolescents (N = 53), aged 14-19 years, who were participating in a smoking cessation intervention...

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Published in:Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing 2002-01, Vol.15 (1), p.16-24
Main Authors: Albrecht, Susan A., Reynolds, Maureen D., Cornelius, Marie D., Heidinger, Joely, Armfield, Caroline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Attitudes
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescents
Adult
Alcohol use
Female
Health risk assessment
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Nontraditional Education
Nursing
Peer Group
Personal relationships
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence - psychology
protective factors
Risk Factors
Self Concept
Self image
Smoking
Smoking - psychology
Smoking - therapy
Smoking Cessation
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenage pregnancy
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Summary:To examine the relationship of the constructs from the family and school environments and protective individual characteristics to health risk behaviors among pregnant adolescents who smoke. Inner-city adolescents (N = 53), aged 14-19 years, who were participating in a smoking cessation intervention program, completed self-report demographic, social, and behavioral questionnaires. Independent variables included family connectedness, school connectedness, and individual characteristics of religiosity, self-esteem, and grade-point average. Three areas of health risk behavior were dependent variables: delinquent behavior, substance, and precocious sexual behavior. Positive self-esteem served as a protectivefactorfor alcohol use. In contrast to past studies, school connectedness was a risk, not a protective, factor for substance abuse. Neither school nor family connectedness were protective against delinquent or precocious sexual behavior.
ISSN:1073-6077
1744-6171
DOI:10.1111/j.1744-6171.2002.tb00319.x