In US security culture, motherhood is a site of intense contestation--both a powerful form of
cultural currency and a target of unprecedented assault. Linked by an atmosphere of crisis …

Background: Pregnancy among girls 10–19 years remains a challenge that requires critical
resolution all over the world. Despite this worrying sexual phenomenon, research pertaining …

Teen mothers are stigmatized for violating age norms for parenting and for being members
of devalued racial or socioeconomic groups. Stereotypes of young mothers perpetuate …

The current study conducted interviews and focus groups with twenty-four diverse 16-25
year-old parents to elicit in-depth narratives about experiences related to parenting status …

Objective This study compared the experiences of parental abusiveness in childhood and
sexual permissiveness in adolescence between adolescents raised by dual parents and …

Complicated Lives focuses on the lives of sixty-five drug-using girls in the juvenile justice
system (living in group homes, a residential treatment center, and a youth correctional …

Adolescent mothers frequently encounter pregnancy-related stigma which increases their
risk for depression and this risk is comparatively greater than for adult mothers. The current …

Pregnant and parenting teens suffer higher rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) than
older mothers. This qualitative metasynthesis explores teen mothers' experience with IPV …

abstract Teen mothering was identified as a social and public health problem in the United
States (US) beginning in the late 1970s, as advocacy groups, policymakers and researchers …

Improved sexual and reproductive health is a key pillar of the overall health, empowerment,
and human rights of individuals and of the sustainable and equitable development of …