| Adolescent men's attitudes and decision-making in relation to an unplanned pregnancy. Responses to an interactive video drama. | |
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PMID: 21511378 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This study confronts a gender bias in research on adolescent pregnancy by exploring adolescent men's decisions relating to a hypothetical unplanned pregnancy. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with adolescent men (N = 360) aged between 14 and 18 years attending schools in the Republic of Ireland. The study, the first of its kind in Europe, extends the small body of evidence on adolescent men and pregnancy decision-making by developing and examining reactions to an interactive video drama used in a comparable study in Australia. In addition, we tested a more comprehensive range of sociological and psychological determinants of adolescent men's decisions regarding an unplanned pregnancy. Results showed that adolescent men were more likely to choose to keep the baby in preference to abortion or adoption. Adolescent men's choice to continue the pregnancy (keep or adopt) in preference to abortion was significantly associated with anticipated feelings of regret in relation to abortion, perceived positive attitudes of own mother to keeping the baby and a feeling that a part of them might want a baby. Religiosity was also shown to underlie adolescent men's views on the perceived consequences of an abortion in their lives. |
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Maria Lohan; Sharon Cruise; Peter O'Halloran; Fiona Alderdice; Abbey Hyde |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-24 |
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Title: Social science & medicine (1982) Volume: - ISSN: 1873-5347 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-4-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8303205 Medline TA: Soc Sci Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Crown Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, 10 Malone Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 5BN, United Kingdom. |
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