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Like father, like son: the intergenerational cycle of adolescent fatherhood.

TitleLike father, like son: the intergenerational cycle of adolescent fatherhood.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsSipsma, Heather, Katie Brooks Biello, Heather Cole-Lewis, and Trace Kershaw
JournalAmerican journal of public health
Volume100
Issue3
Pagination517-24
Date Published2010 Mar
ISSN1541-0048
KeywordsAdolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Psychology, Ecology, Father-Child Relations, Fathers, Female, Humans, Intergenerational Relations, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Paternal Age, Pregnancy, Pregnancy in Adolescence, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Psychological Theory, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Systems Theory, United States
AbstractStrong evidence exists to support an intergenerational cycle of adolescent fatherhood, yet such a cycle has not been studied. We examined whether paternal adolescent fatherhood (i.e., father of study participant was age 19 years or younger when his first child was born) and other factors derived from the ecological systems theory predicted participant adolescent fatherhood.
DOI10.2105/AJPH.2009.177600
Alternate JournalAm J Public Health

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