Background Pregnancy and parenthood are known to be high-risk times for mental health.
However, less is known about the mental health of pregnant adolescents or adolescent …

Teenage pregnancy is a complex issue that can have negative socioeconomic and health
outcomes. About 11% of births worldwide are by adolescents aged between 15 and 19 …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

Background Early marriage and pregnancy is a risk factor for poor maternal and child health
and socio-economic outcomes. Bokeo and Luang Namtha provinces in northern Lao …

This article contributes to research that seeks to understand experiences of teenage
motherhood. Specifically, it focuses on the stigma attached to teenage pregnancy and …

Perspectives that consider teenage mothers as a 'social problem'are well described in the
literature. However, the attitudes towards teenage mothers held by other teenage mothers …

Teen mothers are stigmatized for violating age norms for parenting and for being members
of devalued racial or socioeconomic groups. Stereotypes of young mothers perpetuate …

The relationship between mental health and teenage pregnancy is complex. Mental health
can be both an antecedent and contributing factor to teenage pregnancy and a concurrent …

This study investigates the emotional content of 174 posts from 162 posters to online forums
made by young (age 14–21) first‐time mothers to understand what emotions are expressed …

Psychological distress is common in teen mothers. High rates of distress are attributed to
teen mothers' childhood adversities and the challenges of parenting in the context of chronic …