The Family Planning Perspectives (1989), estimates 40% of all 14-year olds living in the US will become pregnant before their twentieth birthday. Bane & Ellwood (1984) report that 50 percent of the teen mothers will have a repeat pregnancy within 36 months. The Study Group on Teenage Pregnancy (1989), estimate higher figures of repeat pregnancies from teen mothers not enrolled in educational or vocational programs. Most pregnant or parenting teens who choose to stay in school choose to attend a Teen Age Parent Program (TAPP). / The purpose of this study was to determine the differences, if any, of the TAPP and the resident high schools. This difference was determined by comparing the self efficacies of the teen parents who attended the respective school settings. The educational environment impacts the outcomes for the teen parents (eg., academic performance, self esteem, internal/external locus of control, coping abilities and thus the teen's efficaciousness. / In the 1989 Florida legislative session, laws required every school district to provide Teen Age Parent Programs (TAPP) with special educational curriculum, child care services, health care and social services, and transportation. The legislation stated that all students were entitled to a quality education. / A Causal Analysis Model was developed using Bandura's Social Learning Theory in answering the question of "quality education." The model describes the educational environment of the TAPP. / Thirty African American teen Parents were asked to complete a questionnaire to assess their feelings of Internal/External Locus of Control, their coping abilities and a personality assessment. Data from the instruments were analyzed by One Way Anova and used descriptively. A comparison of High School Equivalency Test scores of the three groups was done to further analyze curricula differences of these schools. / The participants attend two academic programs (High School #1 and High School #2) and an alternative high school TAPP. The participants' reasons for attending the TAPP or choosing to remain at their academic high school along with their reasons for participating in a support group were examined. Three of these young mothers, one from each school setting, were asked to provide structured interviews that became case studies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-10, Section: A, page: 3078. / Major Professor: Hollie Thomas. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77283 |
| Contributors | Hardy-Blake, Brenedette Lile., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 225 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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