Sentences with phrase «of adolescent mothers scored»

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In Denver, mothers who received home visits had more sensitive mother - infant interactions and higher HOME scores than mothers who did not.80 Home visiting, however, had no significant effects on different aspects of the home environment in Elmira or Memphis.81 One possible explanation for this difference is that the majority of mothers at the Elmira and Memphis sites were adolescents, whereas the Denver mothers were more diverse in age, suggesting stronger effects for older mothers than for younger mothers with respect to the quality of the home environment.

For example, Brent et al19 reported that in the absence of maternal depression, cognitive behavioral therapy was more effective for adolescents with major depression than either systematic behavioral family therapy or nondirective supportive therapy; the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy was mitigated by the presence of maternal depressive symptoms (ie, mothers with Beck Depression Inventory scores > 9 vs ≤ 9).

In terms of behavior problems, 19 % of adolescents and 24 % of mothers reported clinically significant levels (T score ≥ 60) of internalizing problems, and 3 % of adolescents and 13 % of mothers reported clinically significant levels of externalizing problems.

An average score across items was obtained (adolescent report of conflict with mothers: Caucasian: α =.96, Latino: α =.95; mother report conflict: Caucasian: α =.90, Latina: α =.92; adolescent report of conflict with fathers: Caucasian: α =.98, Latino: α =.97).

RF... scores from the adolescents did not differ as a function of either the previously observed infant - mother attachment or the infant - father attachment.

An average score across items was obtained (adolescent report of mother acceptance: Caucasian: α =.83, Latino: α =.87; mother report of her own acceptance: Caucasian: α =.45, Latina: α =.38; adolescent report of father acceptance: Caucasian: α =.87, Latino: α =.90).

scores from the adolescents did not differ as a function of either the previously observed infant - mother attachment or the infant - father attachment.

Conclusions Compared to offspring of adult women, children of adolescent mothers have lower mean scores on cognitive measures, smaller head circumference, and higher BMI.