204 Pages
by
Routledge
Originally published in 1989, the recent increase in teenage pregnancies, combined with media attention focused on the subject, made this comprehensive overview of teenage pregnancy and parenting in America an especially timely work. Dr Rickel presents current research findings in the area, profiling the teen who becomes pregnant and describing a peer counselor model of intervention targeted at... Read more
Preface. Introduction. 1. Personality and Situational Factors Relative to Teenage Pregnancy 2. Teenage Parenting: Adaptive and Maladaptive Patterns 3. High-Risk Infants and Teen Mothers 4. Research Findings from Working with Pregnant Teens in the Public School System 5. The Intervention Program 6. Preventing Teen Pregnancy. References. Appendix. Index.
Biography
Annette U. Rickel was, at the time of original publication, based at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
