Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey
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 re...
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| author | Karina M. Shreffler Stacy Tiemeyer Ronald B. Cox, Jr. |
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| description | 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% reported having a baby would make their lives better. Each increase in trauma score was associated with a 9% increase in reporting an indifferent attitude (p < 0.001) and a 15% increase in reporting a positive attitude toward having a baby (p < 0.01). After controlling for a wide range of sociodemographic, attitudinal, and sexual history variables, childhood trauma remained associated with a positive attitude toward having a baby (p<.01), but not an indifferent attitude toward having a baby. Conclusions: Greater childhood trauma exposure is associated with indifferent and positive attitudes toward having a baby during adolescence. Implications: Screening for childhood trauma and utilizing interventions designed to reduce the harmful effects of trauma exposure in childhood may offer a more targeted approach to adolescent pregnancy prevention strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ffc85169b864779a89b3b53320656192022-12-22T04:09:03ZengElsevierContraception: X2590-15162021-01-013100058Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory surveyKarina M. Shreffler0Stacy Tiemeyer1Ronald B. Cox, Jr.2Corresponding author.; Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United StatesOklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United StatesOklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United StatesObjectives: 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% reported having a baby would make their lives better. Each increase in trauma score was associated with a 9% increase in reporting an indifferent attitude (p < 0.001) and a 15% increase in reporting a positive attitude toward having a baby (p < 0.01). After controlling for a wide range of sociodemographic, attitudinal, and sexual history variables, childhood trauma remained associated with a positive attitude toward having a baby (p<.01), but not an indifferent attitude toward having a baby. Conclusions: Greater childhood trauma exposure is associated with indifferent and positive attitudes toward having a baby during adolescence. Implications: Screening for childhood trauma and utilizing interventions designed to reduce the harmful effects of trauma exposure in childhood may offer a more targeted approach to adolescent pregnancy prevention strategies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590151621000058AdolescenceAdverse Childhood ExperiencesTeen pregnancyTrauma |
| spellingShingle | Karina M. Shreffler Stacy Tiemeyer Ronald B. Cox, Jr. Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey Contraception: X Adolescence Adverse Childhood Experiences Teen pregnancy Trauma |
| title | Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey |
| title_full | Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey |
| title_fullStr | Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey |
| title_short | Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey |
| title_sort | trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby an exploratory survey |
| topic | Adolescence Adverse Childhood Experiences Teen pregnancy Trauma |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590151621000058 |
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