Keri Weed, Jody S Nicholson, Jaelyn R. Farris

Teen Pregnancy and Parenting (eBook, ePUB)

Rethinking the Myths and Misperceptions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale, longitudinal, and qualitative research studies from the US and other Western countries.

Summarising the evidence and integrating it with a systems perspective, the authors explore ten prevalent myths about teenage parents, including:

• Teen pregnancy is associated with other behavior problems.
• Children of teen parents will experience cognitive delay, adjustment problems, and will themselves become teen parents.
• Better outcomes are achieved when teen mothers live with their own mothers.
• Teen pregnancy costs tax payers lots of money.
• Abstinence education is the best way to prevent teen pregnancy.


Teen Pregnancy and Parenting ends by highlighting the prevention and intervention implications for families, practitioners, and policymakers. It will be of interest to academics and advanced students from a range of disciplines and professions including psychology, public policy, nursing, social work and sociology.



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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136161032
• Artikelnr.: 41502779

Autorenporträt

Keri Weed is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina Aiken, USA.

Jody S. Nicholson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Florida, USA.

Jaelyn R. Farris is Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State Harrisburg, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. A Systems Perspective on Myths and Misperceptions 2. Myths and
Misperceptions from Research 3. Myths and Misperceptions from Popular
Culture 4. Myths and Misperceptions about Teen Pregnancy 5. Myths and
Misperceptions about Teen Parents 6. Myths and Misperceptions about
Children of Teen Parents 7. Myths and Misperceptions Related to Public
Policy 8. Rethinking Cultural Myths