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title | : | Growing Up Fast : Transitions to Early Adulthood of Inner-city Adolescent Mothers Research Monographs in Adolescence |
author | : | Leadbeater, Bonnie J. Ross.; Way, Niobe |
publisher | : | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. |
isbn10 | asin | : | 0805837361 |
print isbn13 | : | 9780805837360 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585382951 |
language | : | English |
subject | Teenage mothers--United States. |
publication date | : | 2001 |
lcc | : | HQ759.4.L43 2001eb |
ddc | : | 306.874/3/0973 |
subject | : | Teenage mothers--United States. |
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Growing Up Fast
Transitions to Early Adulthood
of Inner-City Adolescent Mothers
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Research Monographs in Adolescence
Nancy L. Galambos/Nancy A. Busch-Rossnagel, Editors
Cot Adolescent Storm and Stress: An Evaluation of the Mead-Freeman Controversy
Cohen/Cohen Life Values and Adolescent Mental Health
Seiffge-Krenke Stress, Coping, and Relationships in Adolescence
East/Felice Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting: Findings From a
Racially Diverse Sample
Bachman/Wadsworth/OMalley/Johnston/Schulenberg Smoking,
Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood: The Impacts of New
Freedoms and New Responsibilities
Alsaker/Flammer The Adolescent Experience: European and American
Adolescents in the 1990s
Leadbeater/Way Growing Up Fast: Transitions to Early Adulthood
of Inner-City Adolescent Mothers
Call/Mortimer Arenas of Comfort in Adolescence: A Study
of Adjustment in Comfort
Whitman/Borkowski/Keogh/Weed Interwoven Lives: Adolescent
Mothers and Their Children
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Growing Up Fast
Transitions to Early Adulthood
of Inner-City Adolescent Mothers
Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater
University of Victoria, Canada
Niobe Way
New York University
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leadbeater, Bonnie J. Ross. 1950
Growing up fast : transitions to early adulthood of inner-city
adolescent mothers / by Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater and
Niobe Way.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-3736-1 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Teenage mothersUnited States. I. Way, Niobe,
1963- II. Title.
HQ759.4 .L43 2000 |
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To Emilie
and
to all children
who inspire their parents
to become better people
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Contents
Series Editors Foreword | xi |
Preface | xiii |
Introduction: Beyond the Stereotypes: What Kind of Problem Is Teenage Parenting? | |
Focusing on Diversity | |
The Pathways to Adulthood for Adolescent Mothers | |
What Does It Mean to Be Grown? | |
Chapter Outlines and Preview of Key Findings | |
The American Context: Sex, Marriage, Work, and Poverty | |
The Growth of Teenage Parenting as a Moral Problem | |
Changing Social Norms: Sexual Activity and the Choices of American Adolescents | |
Adolescent Parenting and Preexisting Poverty | |
The New York Study of Adolescent Mothers | |
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Resilient Processes: Gaining Strength From Challenge and Support | |
Resilient Processes | |
Support That Challenges and Believes in You | |
Understanding the Sources of Resiliency | |
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Pathways to Adulthood: School and Work | |
Designing Policies That Help | |
The Transitions to Work Among the New York Sample | |
Life as a Working Mother: Teressa and Charise | |
Teressa: Striving Under Stress, Safeguarding the Future | |
Charise: Reaching for Independence and a Place of Her Own | |
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Welfare Benefits for Inner-City Adolescent Mothers: Supporting Early Adult Development | |
Welfare Dependence: Building on Disadvantages | |
Subgroup Differences in Welfare Experiences of the New York Mothers | |
What Drives the Decision to Go on Welfare? | |
Recognizing the Positive | |
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Living on Welfare: Mialisa, Helen, and Vivian | |
Mialisa: Winning in the Struggle Against the Odds | |
Helen: Waiting for Tomorrow | |
Vivian: Taking Care of a Mothers Responsibilities, One Day at a Time | |
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Resilient Relationships: Men as Fathers and Partners | |
The Influence of Fathers on Adolescent Mothers and Their Children | |
The Effects of Changing Patterns of Family Formation | |
Involvement of the Childrens Fathers in the New York Study | |
Relationships That Endured: Maturing Together, Outlasting Separations | |
Relationships That Hurt: Escaping Domestic Violence With Tricia Harmon | |
Losing Self-Control: The Dynamics of Self-Criticism | |
Interpersonal Dependency in Abusive Relationships | |
Mothers Who Left Abusive Relationships |
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