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Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 68-71 (January 2006)


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Characterizing low-income Latina adolescent mothers: Living arrangements, psychological adjustment, and use of services

Erum Nadeem, Ph.D.aCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Shannon E. Whaley, Ph.D.ab, Sharen Anthony, R.D.b

Received 11 June 2003; accepted 20 January 2005.

Abstract 

This study examined language, living arrangements, and various outcomes among Latina adolescent mothers. Living with mothers was associated with increased self-esteem for all adolescents, and lower depression for English-speaking and bilingual adolescents only. Spanish speakers reported higher welfare enrollment and better educational outcomes. Living with partners appeared to have negative implications.

a Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

b Public Health Foundation Enterprises’ Women, Infants, and Children Program, Irwindale, California

Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Erum Nadeem, UCLA-Semel Institute Health Services Research Center, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

PII: S1054-139X(05)00090-X

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.01.013


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