Child maltreatment and teenage first births: A relationship mediated by chronic sociodemographic stress?
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 58 (1) , 91-103
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1988.tb01569.x
Abstract
Data were obtained from low-income, single-parent mothers for a test of the "life course" hypothesis that chronic stress mediates the relationship between teenage motherhood and both physical abuse and neglect of children. Large numbers of live births, a life history of unemployment, and low educational achievement were the measured stressors. Findings support the hypothesis, showing the number of live births as the most important mediator for both types of maltreatment.Keywords
Funding Information
- Office of Population Affairs (FPR 000028-01-0)
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