Orshan S A
College of Nursing, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA.
West J Nurs Res. 1996 Aug;18(4):460-73. doi: 10.1177/019394599601800407.
The purpose of this study was to explore acculturation, perceived social support, and self-esteem in 63 primigravida adolescents of Puerto Rican background living in the mainland United States. Although more teenagers of Puerto Rican background become pregnant than do those of all other Hispanic mainland groups, few studies have viewed pregnancy within this subculture. Mainland acculturation was not related to either perceived social support or self-esteem among the study sample. The study elucidates the importance of recognizing the dual cultural influence on mainland-dwelling adolescents of Puerto Rican background. The study findings suggest that exploration be continued beyond acculturation, as measured in this study, to understand the differences in adolescent pregnancy rates among the specific cultures of the Hispanic megaculture of the United States.
本研究的目的是探讨居住在美国大陆的63名波多黎各裔初产妇青少年的文化适应、感知到的社会支持和自尊。尽管波多黎各裔青少年怀孕的人数比其他所有西班牙裔大陆群体的青少年都多，但很少有研究从这种亚文化的角度看待怀孕问题。在研究样本中，大陆文化适应与感知到的社会支持或自尊均无关。该研究阐明了认识双重文化对居住在大陆的波多黎各裔青少年的影响的重要性。研究结果表明，应继续深入探讨文化适应之外的因素（如本研究中所衡量的），以了解美国西班牙裔多元文化中特定文化群体间青少年怀孕率的差异。
