A woman experiences heightened vulnerability and faces tremendous challenges when
transitioning to motherhood. This is exacerbated for young mothers and studies have shown …

This paper presents a review of studies that have employed Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) longitudinally to capture temporal aspects of phenomena …

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 present study considers whether parenthood has an impact on the worries that women
and men have about climate change for the next generation and examines whether there …

This experimental study examines attitudes toward stepmothers in the Italian context and
predicts that negative attitudes towards heterosexual and lesbian stepmothers–compared to …

Objective Adolescent motherhood brings many challenges. While much is written about
young mothers' transition to motherhood and their support needs, there is little from South …

Teenagers' motivations and desires related to parenthood are important for their
reproductive behavior in their teens and also constitute the origin of their future childbearing …

Adolescent pregnancy and the babies of teen mothers have been a focus of attention and
concern for many years. The literature on the health of pregnant and parenting teens …

Social scientists have dispelled teen pregnancy's public characterization as inherently
pathological and instead frequently study teen reproductive practices as the result of either …

Objective Prior research has suggested adolescent mothers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people are perceived (or stereotyped) negatively compared to adult mothers and …