Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [59]-68).

Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2010. / Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 71 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of North Texas, August, 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007. / Thesis directed by John G. Borkowski for the Department of Psychology. "July 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-81).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [121]-144).

Pregnant and parenting adolescents participated in a study examining their levels of anxiety, depression, self-esteem, self-worth, social support, and acculturation, as well as parenting stress and ratings of their children (for parenting adolescents). A total of 166 females (74 pregnant adolescents and 92 parenting adolescents) ranging in age from 13- to 19-years participated in this study. Results indicated that pregnant and parenting adolescent females reported nonclinical levels of emotional and behavioral functioning on average and did not differ in their ratings, except that parenting adolescents reported greater levels of anxiety than pregnant adolescents. In addition, parenting adolescents reported nonclinical levels of parenting stress but reported at-risk clinical functioning of their children in most age groups. Findings also indicated that social support correlated significantly and negatively with internalizing behavioral problems and externalizing behavioral problems for pregnant adolescents, whereas social support was not related to parenting distress, dysfunctional parent-child interaction, or difficult child temperament for parenting adolescents. These results suggested that interventions for parenting adolescents and their children may be helpful for improving their functioning.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-183). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007. / Thesis directed by John G. Borkowski for the Department of Psychology. "April 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-51).

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teenage motherhood on the school readiness, literacy skills, and parental involvement of children participating in the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) early intervention program, as well as make recommendations for optimal outcomes. Study children were participants in HIPPY at five diverse, urban school districts. Using a mixed method design, this study examined the results of quantitative measures of children's school readiness, literacy skills, and parent involvement along with qualitative data collected through mothers' responses to two, open-ended questions related to their satisfaction with HIPPY. According to results of independent samples t-test, mean scores on school readiness and parent involvement measures were not statistically significantly different for the children of teenage mothers and the children of traditional age mothers. However, there were moderate effect sizes for parent involvement and physical development indicating some practical significance. Chi-square results of literacy skills indicated that the children of teenage mothers were almost twice as likely [c2 (1, N = 36) = 4.21, p < .05] to have literacy skills that were "not on grade level" according to scores on the TPRI/Tejas. Descriptive discriminant analysis (DDA) indicated that the multivariate relationship of the four parent involvement variables statistically significantly contributed to whether children born to teenage mothers had literacy skills on grade-level, but it was not significant for the children of traditional-age mothers. DDA analysis conducted on the school readiness variables did not yield any significant results. In addition, odds ratios conducted between literacy level and each of the parent involvement and school readiness variables indicated an increased probability of a child's literacy skills being on grade level when scores were high, but these increases were not statistically significant. While there were differences in literacy skills, teen mothers indicated, through their responses to two, open-ended questions, their desire to for more support for their children in this area.

Thesis(M.A. (Psychology)) -- University of Limpopo / Early motherhood has been associated with negative biological and social outcomes in the developing world of the teenage mother and child. The study sought to explore the psychological health of teenage mothers from selected secondary schools in Seshego Township, Limpopo Province. Generally, the study makes use of a comparative design and 120 participants were selected for the study consisting of 60 teenage mothers and 60 teenage non-mothers. The psychological health of teenage mothers was compared to the psychological health of teenage non-mothers. The study made use of the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) with only three demographic questions, which was given to both teenage mothers and teenage non–mothers. The results of the study show that there was no significant difference in the psychological health of teenage mothers and teenage non–mothers. Results also showed that there was no significant difference on the sub-scales of somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and depression. Results of teenage mothers were compared to one another, and this comparison also showed that there was no significant difference within this group. Also results on age, grade and family structure showed no significant difference between the two groups compared to one another. Given the literature that exists worldwide showing that teenage motherhood can have negative impacts on mothers, particularly social and economic, but also physical and psychological health, it is clear that further research in this area needs to be conducted.