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Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

1983

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Recent Life Stress Events And Adolescent Pregnancy, Mahalla Lenzi Jan 1983

Recent Life Stress Events And Adolescent Pregnancy, Mahalla Lenzi

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Three groups of adolescent girls ages 15-18 were compared regarding recent life stresses. Group I consisted of 50 girls pregnant for the first time. Group II consisted of 50 girls who never had been pregnant but were sexually experienced (defined as having engaged in sexual intercourse). Group III consisted of 50 girls who never engaged in sexual intercourse. All three groups were asked nine questions of demographic information and were administered the Recent Life Events Questionnaire. Subjects were asked to rate from 1-5 each event that had happened to them: for Group III the year before testing, for Group II …