Predictors of Teenage Pregnancy

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This paper briefly compares and contrasts two scholarly articles which explore the key predictors of teenage pregnancy. It looks at "The Relationship of Childhood Sexual Abuse to Teenage Pregnancy," by Mark W. Roosa, Jenn-Yun Tein, Cindy Reinholtz and Patricia Jo Angelini and "Childhood Victimization and Subsequent Risk for Promiscuity, Prostitution and Teenage Pregnancy: a Prospective Study" by Cathy Spatz Widom and Joseph B. Kuhns. Finally, the paper discusses the manner in which each article constructs its literature review and analyzes the theoretical frame-works underlying each work.

From the Paper:

"As with the Roosa et al, study, Spatz Widom and Kuhns are to be commended for using a rigorous methodology. Specifically, they employ multivariate analyses to control for race and ethnicity (as well as socio-economic station) and logistic regression was utilized to ascertain the proper role of each variable in predicting destructive behavior. The basic methodology, in addition to being sound, is devoid of emotionally-heightened rhetoric. The article is also structured in a manner akin to the structure which informs the work of Roosa et al, so the broad suppositions in the introductory part of the paper are progressively explored in a manner befitting the best of the inductive tradition."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Roosa, Mark W., Tein, Jenn-yun, Reinholtz, Cindy, and Angelini, Patricia Jo. (1997). The relationship of childhood sexual abuse to teenage pregnancy. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59(1): 119-130.
• Spatz Widom, Cathy, and Kuhns, Joseph B. (1996). Childhood victimization and subsequent risk for promiscuity, prostitution and teenage pregnancy: a prospective study. American Journal of Public Health, 86(11): 1607-1612.

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