Kinard E Milling, Reinherz Helen
Florence Heller Graduate School.
Simmons College.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1984 Oct;54(4):578-594. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01528.x.
This study compared children of mothers in three age groups--15-17, 18-19, and 20-24 years--at the birth of their first child. Outcome measures were ratings of psychological functioning obtained at three time periods from multiple sources. Results, controlling for family structure and maternal education, indicate that children of adolescent mothers were generally not different from children of mothers in their early twenties with respect to behavioral and emotional functioning. Maternal education had a far greater effect on the outcome measures than did maternal age.
本研究比较了三个年龄组的母亲在其第一个孩子出生时的情况，这三个年龄组分别为15 - 17岁、18 - 19岁和20 - 24岁。结果指标是在三个时间段从多个来源获得的心理功能评分。在控制了家庭结构和母亲教育程度的情况下，结果表明，青少年母亲的孩子在行为和情感功能方面与二十出头母亲的孩子总体上没有差异。母亲的教育程度对结果指标的影响远大于母亲的年龄。
