Weed Keri, Nicholson Jody S
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina Aiken , Aiken , SC , USA.
Department of Psychology, University of North Florida , Jacksonville , FL , USA.
Int J Adolesc Youth. 2015 Jan 2;20(1):1-16. doi: 10.1080/02673843.2014.963630. Epub 2014 Oct 1.
Youth may be particularly attuned to social evaluation during the teen years with implications for physical and mental health. Negative attitudes and stereotypes constitute an important type of social evaluative threat. Pregnant and parenting teens not only encounter challenges associated with their early transition to parenthood, but also are confronted with unfavourable attitudes of others. A university sample of 255 men and women responded to surveys targeting their feelings and beliefs about pregnant teens, teen mothers and teen fathers. Teen mothers were generally perceived more positively than pregnant teens who were perceived more positively compared to teen fathers. Social evaluations were generally unrelated to respondents' sex or race, but respondents who had contact with a friend or family member who had experienced a teen pregnancy were selectively more positive, as were freshmen compared to seniors. Risks attributed to early childbearing may be exacerbated by negative social evaluations.
青少年时期，年轻人可能对社会评价尤为敏感，这对身心健康都有影响。负面态度和刻板印象是社会评价威胁的一种重要类型。怀孕和育有子女的青少年不仅面临与过早过渡到为人父母相关的挑战，还会遭遇他人的不利态度。一项针对255名男女的大学样本调查了他们对怀孕青少年、青少年母亲和青少年父亲的感受和看法。青少年母亲通常比怀孕青少年得到更积极的评价，而怀孕青少年又比青少年父亲得到更积极的评价。社会评价一般与受访者的性别或种族无关，但与有经历过青少年怀孕的朋友或家庭成员有过接触的受访者选择性地更为积极，新生也比高年级学生更为积极。负面的社会评价可能会加剧早育带来的风险。
