Table 1.
Means and Standard Deviations of Study Variables
| Prenatal predictors (score range): | Prenatal
|
2 months postpartum
|
6 months postpartum
|
1 year postpartum
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Pregnancy planned (1–4) (adolescent report) | 1.45 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Preparations for baby (1–3) (adolescent report) | 2.04 | 0.61 | ||||||
| Family financial difficulty (1–5) (mother report) | 2.40 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Expected family stress (1–5) | ||||||||
| Pregnant adolescent report | 1.88 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Mother report | 1.60 | 0.62 | ||||||
| Younger sibling report | 1.89 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Familistic attitudes (1–5) | ||||||||
| Pregnant adolescent report | 4.39 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Mother report | 4.89 | 0.25 | ||||||
| Younger sibling report | 4.27 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Status attained by childbearing (1–5) | ||||||||
| Pregnant adolescent report | 2.78 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Mother report | 3.03 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Younger sibling report | 2.83 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Traditional gender roles (1–5) | ||||||||
| Pregnant adolescent report | 2.03 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Mother report | 2.16 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Younger sibling report | 2.55 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Mothers’ acculturation (1–5) | 2.15 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Family conflict (1–5) | ||||||||
| Pregnant/parenting adolescent report | 2.18 | 0.95 | 1.99 | 0.88 | 1.88 | 0.74 | 2.18 | 1.04 |
| Mother report | 2.05 | 0.83 | 1.94 | 0.61 | 2.02 | 0.79 | 2.14 | 0.90 |
| Younger sibling report | 2.01 | 0.99 | 2.08 | 0.97 | 2.05 | 0.91 | 2.24 | 0.98 |
| Family cohesion (1–5) | ||||||||
| Pregnant/parenting adolescent report | 3.65 | 0.96 | 3.77 | 0.91 | 3.72 | 0.89 | 4.18 | 0.80 |
| Mother report | 4.18 | 0.74 | 4.01 | 0.80 | 3.98 | 0.77 | 3.97 | 0.82 |
| Younger sibling report | 3.58 | 0.94 | 3.65 | 0.88 | 3.55 | 0.88 | 3.95 | 0.86 |
| Family companionship (1–5) | ||||||||
| Pregnant/parenting adolescent report | 3.17 | 1.01 | 3.36 | 1.08 | 3.07 | 1.01 | 3.16 | 0.97 |
| Mother report | 3.59 | 0.74 | 3.53 | 0.73 | 3.42 | 0.79 | 3.39 | 0.86 |
| Younger sibling report | 3.16 | 0.97 | 3.19 | 1.02 | 2.87 | 0.95 | 2.87 | 0.98 |
Note. N = 91 pregnant adolescents at the prenatal assessment and 96 parenting adolescents at the postpartum assessments; 96 mothers and 95 younger siblings. Possible score ranges are shown in parentheses. Higher scores reflect higher levels of that variable.