Teen Pregnancy May Be Symptom, Not Cause, Of Emotional Distress - 0 views
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“Psychological distress does not appear to be caused by teen childbearing, nor does it cause teen childbearing, except apparently among girls from poor households,”
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Only the combination of poverty and existing distress was a good predictor of teen pregnancy.
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nationally representative studies had not examined if distress was present before the pregnancy and stresses of young motherhood.
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