Do depressive symptoms in male and female adolescents predict unintended births in emerging adulthood?

Citation

James-Hawkins, Laurie; Denardo, Danielle; Blalock, Casey; & Mollborn, Stefanie (2014). Do depressive symptoms in male and female adolescents predict unintended births in emerging adulthood?. 2014 Add Health Users Conference. Bethesda, MD.

Abstract

Hypotheses: Both women and men will be more likely to report an unintended pregnancy between the ages of 18-24 (in emerging adulthood) if they report higher levels of depressive symptoms in adolescence. Method: Data from 14,271 respondents to the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, waves 1 and 4 (reproductive histories), will be used to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms in adolescence and unintended first birth in emerging adulthood in both females and males. Key Variables: Average depressive symptom scores collected at wave 1 will be used to predict wave4 reported reproductive events occurring between the ages of 18 and 24 such as abortion, use of effective versus ineffective contraceptive methods, and unintended pregnancy. Background factors will be added differences examined by gender. Analytic approach: OLS Regression and logistic regression will be used. Expected results: It is expected that depressive symptoms in adolescence will be predictive of increased chance of abortion, unintended pregnancy, and use of ineffective contraceptive methods. In addition, it is hypothesized that this relationship will be stronger for women than for men.

URL

https://addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/docs/events/20140613_Add_Health_Users_Conference_Abstracts.pdf

Reference Type

Conference proceeding

Book Title

2014 Add Health Users Conference

Author(s)

James-Hawkins, Laurie
Denardo, Danielle
Blalock, Casey
Mollborn, Stefanie

Year Published

2014

City of Publication

Bethesda, MD

Reference ID

6254