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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Cheryl Ann
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T01:20:33Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T01:20:33Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationPublished in The Journal of Perinatal Education 24(4): 225-238, 2015en_US
dc.identifier.issn1548-8519
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/25717
dc.description.abstractDepressive symptoms and violence exposure (VE) often cooccur and have been recognized to influence childbearing; contribution to repeat pregnancy is unclear and examined in this article. This cross-sectional, descriptive, study screened for depressive symptoms and VE among 193 adolescent mothers at a large county hospital in Southwestern United States. Repeat pregnancy and depressive symptoms characterized one-third and one-quarter of adolescents, respectively. Despite minimal disclosure of VE, repeat pregnancy was significantly influenced by child abuse and past traumatic life experiences. Assessments and interventions with adolescents should focus on frequency of repeat pregnancies and symptoms of depression and VE. Nurses and childbirth educators are poised to offer birth control information and education, support, and resources highlighting depression and VE to adolescents.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Publishing Companyen_US
dc.subjectChildbearing -- Repeaten_US
dc.subjectPregnancy -- Repeaten_US
dc.subjectPregnancy -- Adolescentsen_US
dc.subjectChildbearing -- Adolescentsen_US
dc.subjectDepressive symptomsen_US
dc.subjectViolence exposureen_US
dc.titleDepressive Symptoms and Violence Exposure: Contributors to Repeat Pregnancies Among Adolescentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Nursing and Health Innovation: Department of Nursing, The University of Texas at Arlingtonen_US
dc.identifier.externalLinkDescriptionThe original publication is available at the article DOIen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.24.4.225


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