Ross Ratchaneewan, Youngblut JoAnne M
College of Nursing, 113 Henderson Hall, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, U.S.A.
Florida International University, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Thai J Nurs Res. 2005 Jul;9(3):218-235.
American adolescent mothers have been viewed as less effective parents than adult mothers. The socioeconomic disadvantages of adolescent mothers should be taken into account. The objectives of this study were to compare maternal attachment between adolescent and adult mothers of preschoolers and to examine changes of adolescents' maternal attachment over time. A secondary analysis of data from a larger study of maternal employment and low birth weight infant outcomes were used. Data were collected through home visits using structured questionnaires at two different time points. Forty-three pairs of adolescent and adult mothers who could be matched on family structure, maternal race, and child's gestational status were compared on maternal attachment. The 7-item Attachment subscale of the Parenting Stress Index was used to measure maternal attachment. Results revealed that the adolescent mothers were not less attached to their preschoolers than the adults. This held true when important confounding factors were taken into account using multiple regression.
美国青少年母亲被认为是比成年母亲更不称职的父母。青少年母亲的社会经济劣势应该被考虑在内。本研究的目的是比较学龄前儿童的青少年母亲和成年母亲之间的母婴依恋关系，并考察青少年母婴依恋关系随时间的变化。我们对一项关于母亲就业和低出生体重婴儿结局的大型研究的数据进行了二次分析。数据是通过在两个不同时间点使用结构化问卷进行家访收集的。对43对在家庭结构、母亲种族和孩子的孕期状况上相匹配的青少年母亲和成年母亲进行了母婴依恋关系的比较。使用育儿压力指数的7项依恋子量表来测量母婴依恋关系。结果显示，青少年母亲对其学龄前儿童的依恋并不比成年母亲少。当使用多元回归考虑重要的混杂因素时，情况依然如此。
