Yurdakul Mine
Mine Yurdakul, PhD. Assistant Professor, Mersin University School of Health, Mersin, Turkey.
Pak J Med Sci. 2018 Jan-Feb;34(1):115-120. doi: 10.12669/pjms.341.14221.
The study examines the level and source of perceived social support in pregnant adolescents and the factors related to their perception of social support.
This descriptive study was conducted with the voluntary participation of 127 adolescent pregnant females who visited the Gynecology and Pediatric Hospital in Mersin, Turkey. The data were collected based on the participants' self-expression, using the Socio-demographic Information Form and Multidimensional Scale of the Perceived Social Support.
The average age of the pregnant adolescents was 18 years. Approximately one-fifth of all participant females were either illiterate or had dropped out of the primary school. All pregnant adolescents were housewives with a low economic status. Findings pertaining to the participants'fertility showed that 69.3% were primiparous, 24.4% had at least one living child. The mean score for pregnant adolescents' perception of social support was 50.79±8.72. The mean score on the subscales was 23.32±3.23 for family support; 16.17±4.35 for friend support; and 12.29 ± 5.54 for special person support.
Pregnant adolescents had a low perception of social support. Families were found to be the most common source of social support available to pregnant adolescents, and they lacked the support from their friends and other special people.
本研究考察了怀孕青少年所感知到的社会支持水平及来源，以及与他们社会支持感知相关的因素。
这项描述性研究是在127名怀孕青少年女性自愿参与下进行的，她们前往土耳其梅尔辛的妇科儿童医院就诊。数据基于参与者的自我表述收集，使用社会人口学信息表和感知社会支持多维量表。
怀孕青少年的平均年龄为18岁。所有参与女性中约五分之一为文盲或小学辍学。所有怀孕青少年均为家庭主妇，经济地位较低。有关参与者生育情况的调查结果显示，69.3%为初产妇，24.4%至少有一个在世子女。怀孕青少年社会支持感知的平均得分为50.79±8.72。各子量表的平均得分分别为：家庭支持23.32±3.23；朋友支持16.17±4.35；特殊人物支持12.29±5.54。
怀孕青少年对社会支持的感知较低。家庭被发现是怀孕青少年可获得的最常见社会支持来源，他们缺乏来自朋友和其他特殊人物的支持。
