Aubrey Jennifer Stevens, Behm-Morawitz Elizabeth, Kim Kyungbo
a Department of Communication , University of Arizona , Tucson , Arizona , USA.
J Health Commun. 2014;19(10):1145-60. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2013.872721. Epub 2014 Mar 14.
This article examines the impact of a popular documentary series about teen pregnancy, MTV's 16 and Pregnant, on adolescent girls' pregnancy-related attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions. The results suggest that girls who watched 16 and Pregnant, compared with a control group, reported a lower perception of their own risk for pregnancy and a greater perception that the benefits of teen pregnancy outweigh the risks. The authors also examined the relationships between homophily and parasocial interaction with the teen moms featured in 16 and Pregnant and attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions, finding that homophily predicted lower risk perceptions, greater acceptance of myths about teen pregnancy, and more favorable attitudes about teen pregnancy. Parasocial interaction demonstrated the same pattern of results, with the addition of also predicting fewer behavioral intentions to avoid teen pregnancy. Last, results revealed that teen girls' perceptions that the message of 16 and Pregnant was encouraging of teen pregnancy predicted homophily and parasocial interaction with the teen moms. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
本文探讨了一部关于青少年怀孕的热门纪录片系列——MTV的《16岁怀孕了》，对青春期女孩与怀孕相关的态度、信念和行为意图的影响。结果表明，与对照组相比，观看过《16岁怀孕了》的女孩认为自己怀孕的风险较低，并且更认为青少年怀孕的益处大于风险。作者还研究了同质性和准社会互动与《16岁怀孕了》中出现的青少年妈妈之间的关系，以及态度、信念和行为意图，发现同质性预示着较低的风险认知、对青少年怀孕神话的更大接受度以及对青少年怀孕更积极的态度。准社会互动也呈现出相同的结果模式，此外还预示着避免青少年怀孕的行为意图更少。最后，结果显示青少年女孩认为《16岁怀孕了》传达的信息鼓励青少年怀孕，这预示着她们与青少年妈妈之间的同质性和准社会互动。文中讨论了理论和实践意义。
