The Role of Romantic Involvement and Social Support in Italian Adolescent Mothers' Live.

PREVENTION of psychological stress; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; DATING (Social customs); INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PARENT-child relationships; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; SPOUSES; STATISTICS; TEENAGE mothers; DATA analysis; MULTIPLE regression analysis; SOCIAL support; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY

This study examined the experience of mothering in adolescence in the context of romantic involvement and social support. 30 adolescent mothers completed measures of adolescent self-development and motherhood, romantic relationship experience, availability of and satisfaction with social support, and parenting stress. Findings suggest that young mothers benefit greatly from the support of a partner, as evidenced by a more functional understanding of motherhood and the maternal role, greater satisfaction with social support, and lower levels of psychological distress. Education on social support should be made available to young mothers to address stress associated with adolescent parenting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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