Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association between childhood trauma exposure (i.e., extent of interpersonal trauma experienced in childhood) and attitudes toward teen parenthood.

Study design

We used a cross-sectional sample of 416 urban middle and high school male and female students from Tulsa, OK recruited through a local public school district mailing list. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to examine odds of reporting having a baby would make life worse, better, or cause no change according to childhood trauma score.

Results

Approximately 8% of students and their guardians responded to the mailed survey invitation. Among the students, 67% reported having a baby would make their lives worse; 17% reported it would not change their lives much, and 16% re

SUBMITTER: Shreffler KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907236 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature