Parenting and Child Rearing Attitudes of Unmarried Hispanic Teenage Mothers uri icon

abstract

  • 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York. This study describes the personal characteristics and child rearing attitudes of unmarried, Hispanic teenage mothers and compares their risk for negative parenting attributes associated with child maltreatment. Data were analyzed from 111 participants enrolled in an in-home case management initiative. The Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory-2 (AAPI-2) was used to assess parenting-related risk on five constructs. Responses for each construct were converted to standardized sten scores ranging from 1 to 10. Paired t-tests were utilized to examine mean differences between AAPI-2 construct sten scores, and Pearsons r correlation coefficients were calculated to examine the strength and direction of construct relationships. Most AAPI-2 constructs were positively inter-correlated. Participants reported highest risk scores for Use of Corporal Punishment, Inappropriate Expectations of Children, and Oppressing Childrens Power and Independence. Findings indicate the need for parenting education programs to offset child maltreatment risk among Hispanic teenage mothers.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES

author list (cited authors)

  • Smith, M. L., Chiappone, A. L., & Wilson, K. L.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Smith, Matthew Lee||Chiappone, Alethea L||Wilson, Kelly L

publication date

  • February 2017