East Patricia L, Barber Jennifer S
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Development and Community Health, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., Mail Code 0927, La Jolla, CA 92093-0927, (
Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248.
J Marriage Fam. 2014 Jun;76(3):652-664. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12103.
On the basis of theories of maternal identity development, role conflict, and childbearing motivation, the authors tested whether high educational aspirations among pregnant adolescents are related to the unwantedness of the pregnancy and whether pregnancy unwantedness leads to subsequent parenting stress and inadequacy. Longitudinal data from 100 first-time-pregnant, unmarried Latina adolescents (M age = 17.3 years) were analyzed. Results from structural equation path modeling confirmed these associations, with strong educational ambitions related to greater unwantedness of the pregnancy, which led to feeling trapped by parenting at 6 months postpartum, which in turn was related to unaffectionate parenting and feeling inadequate in mothering at 1 year postpartum. The potential long-term negative consequences of high educational aspirations for pregnant adolescents' adjustment to parenting are discussed.
基于母亲身份认同发展、角色冲突和生育动机的理论，作者检验了怀孕青少年的高教育期望是否与意外怀孕有关，以及意外怀孕是否会导致随后的育儿压力和育儿能力不足。对100名首次怀孕的未婚拉丁裔青少年（平均年龄 = 17.3岁）的纵向数据进行了分析。结构方程路径建模的结果证实了这些关联，强烈的教育抱负与更高的意外怀孕几率相关，这导致产后6个月时感觉被育儿所困，而这反过来又与冷漠育儿以及产后1年时感觉育儿能力不足有关。文中讨论了高教育期望对怀孕青少年适应为人父母可能产生的长期负面后果。
