Intraindividual Variation among Pregnant Adolescents: A Pilot Study and Conceptual Discussion

In this pilot study, 14 adolescents kept diaries for 6 consecutive weeks during their pregnancies. Diary entries were analyzed for affective tone, emotional lability, and contextuality. Findings question psychometric properties of data gathered using one time, self-report measures with pregnant adol...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 1994-03, Vol.29 (113), p.163-182
Hauptverfasser:	BLINN-PIKE, L. M, STENBERG, L, THOMPSON, C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Affective disorders Affective Symptoms - psychology Biological and medical sciences Delinquency Developmental psychology Educational Status Emotions Evaluation Methods Evaluation Problems Fathers - psychology Female Females Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender Identity Humans Indexing in process Individuality Infant Infant, Newborn Literature Reviews Mood changes Moods Mother-Child Relations Parenting - psychology Pilot Projects Polls & surveys Population Pregnancy Pregnancy in Adolescence - psychology Pregnant adolescent girls Pregnant girls Psychological aspects Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Psychometrics Questionnaires Reliability Research Design Research Methodology Research Problems Researchers Self Concept Self Concept Measures Social Desirability Social research Teenage pregnancy Validity
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Zusammenfassung:	In this pilot study, 14 adolescents kept diaries for 6 consecutive weeks during their pregnancies. Diary entries were analyzed for affective tone, emotional lability, and contextuality. Findings question psychometric properties of data gathered using one time, self-report measures with pregnant adolescents because of their fluctuating mood states. (Author/NB)
ISSN:	0001-8449