Differences in adolescent self-concept as a function of race, geographic location, and pregnancy.

This study compares the self-concept scores of pregnant African-American adolescents from urban and rural areas. It was conducted in alternative schools for pregnant adolescents using the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ) as a data collection instrument with 199 girls 13 to 19 years of age. It was hypothesized that the self-concept of pregnant, African-American adolescents would not be influenced by their age or geographic location. Results of the data analysis refuted the null hypotheses. The self-concept scores of both groups were not as high as those of a nonpregnant norm group of adolescents, but the scores of the pregnant adolescents were very similar regardless of age or geographic location.