This article summarizes two decades of research about family, and especially parental,
influences on the risk of adolescents becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy. Research …

This review documents the economic context within which American families lived in the
1990s. Despite nearly full employment and growing income and wealth for many Americans …

Newman and Newman use a chronological approach to present development across the life
span, drawing on the psychosocial theory of Erik Erikson to provide a conceptual framework …

Intimate relationships, 2nd ed. Intimate relationships, 2nd ed. Citation Brehm, SS (1992).
Intimate relationships (2nd ed.). Mcgraw-Hill Book Company. Abstract The breadth of scientific …

Introduction. Though teen age pregnancy had poor maternal and perinatal health outcomes,
its magnitude and determinants are not well understood. Therefore, the aim of this study was …

The body of stepfamily research published this decade exceeded the entire output of the
previous 90 years of the century. The complexity and quality of the scholarly work in this …

The impact of father absence on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy was
investigated in longitudinal studies in the United States (N= 242) and New Zealand (N …

Gender: Psychological Perspectives synthesizes the latest research on gender to help
students think critically about the differences between research findings and stereotypes …

Because concern is frequently raised that TV's abundant yet stereotypical portrayals of
sexual relationships may mislead young viewers, this study examined the effects of both …

Empirical research by scholars from several disciplines provides the basis for an outline of
the process of sexual development. The process of achieving sexual maturity begins at …