Reis J S, Herz E J
School of Nursing, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.
Adolescence. 1987 Fall;22(87):599-609.
A self-selected sample of 177 teenage parents participated in a study of the correlates of teenage parenting. An ecological model of the predictors of parenting behavior was used to define factors which potentially influence teenage parents' parenting skills as measured by the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME). The factors tested include level of punitiveness toward child rearing, knowledge of developmental milestones, level of depression, perceived social support, parental age, and parental race. The results of a stepwise hierarchical regression analysis found that parental race, punitive attitudes toward child rearing, and parental age were statistically significant predictors of total HOME scores. The older, white adolescent mother with less punitive attitudes toward child rearing and child discipline scored the highest on parenting skills. The relevance of these findings to program planners and service providers involved in teenage parent support and education programs is discussed.
177名青少年父母的自我选择样本参与了一项关于青少年为人父母相关因素的研究。采用一种养育行为预测因素的生态模型来确定可能影响青少年父母养育技能的因素，这些技能通过家庭环境观察量表（HOME）来衡量。所测试的因素包括对育儿的惩罚程度、对发育里程碑的了解、抑郁程度、感知到的社会支持、父母年龄和父母种族。逐步分层回归分析的结果发现，父母种族、对育儿的惩罚态度和父母年龄是家庭环境观察量表总分的统计学显著预测因素。对育儿和儿童管教惩罚态度较少的年长白人青少年母亲在养育技能方面得分最高。讨论了这些发现与参与青少年父母支持和教育项目的项目规划者和服务提供者的相关性。
