Turner R J, Grindstaff C F, Phillips N
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Ontario.
J Health Soc Behav. 1990 Mar;31(1):43-57.
This paper presents information on the role and significance of social support for the occurrence of health and birth problems among adolescent mothers and their babies. Pregnant teenagers (N = 268) were interviewed during the course of pregnancy and again approximately four weeks after delivery, and hospital records were abstracted. The significance of family support, friend support, and partner support, assessed during the pregnancy, were examined in relation to infant and mother outcomes assessed at or after the birth. Infant outcome was indexed by birth weight, with gestational age controlled; mother outcome in terms of psychological adaptation was indexed by depressive symptomatology among adolescent mothers. Socioeconomic background was found to influence relationships between social support and both infant and mother outcomes.
本文介绍了社会支持对青少年母亲及其婴儿健康和生育问题发生的作用及意义。对268名怀孕少女在孕期及分娩后约四周进行了访谈，并提取了医院记录。研究了孕期评估的家庭支持、朋友支持和伴侣支持的意义，以及与出生时或出生后评估的婴儿和母亲结局的关系。婴儿结局以出生体重为指标，并控制了孕周；青少年母亲心理适应方面的母亲结局以抑郁症状为指标。研究发现社会经济背景会影响社会支持与婴儿和母亲结局之间的关系。
