The Psychology of Adolescent Out-of Wedlock Pregnancy and Childbearing
Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Undergraduate Capstone Project
Degree Name
Psy.D.
Organizational Unit
Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Keywords
Adolescents, Out-of-wedlock, Teen pregnancy
Abstract
Illegitimate adolescent pregnancy creates a variety of problems, beginning with the difficult decision about whether or not to terminate the pregnancy. If the pregnancy is carried to term, choices follow regarding marriage or single parenthood and keeping or relinquishing the child. All of these choices involve consequences for the adolescent, many of them negative ones. This paper examines the problem of out-of-wedlock teen pregnancy and its possible psychological sources. It also introduces a method for analyzing the psychology of unwed teen pregnancy and childbearing and reviews the literature on the subject by this method. NOTE: Approvals page submitted to digital archive lacks signatures
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.
Recommended Citation
Talmage-Bowers, Marilyn, "The Psychology of Adolescent Out-of Wedlock Pregnancy and Childbearing" (2012). Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects. 183.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/capstone_masters/183