02753nam a22003852u 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160070014000330080041000470370019000880400036001071000024001432450129001672600068002963000010003645000149003745201327005235330081018506500022019316500024019536500018019776500026019956500025020216500033020466500022020796500023021016500027021246500026021516500022021776500028021996500037022276550033022646550036022977000034023335388518BD-DhUL20161117104218.0he u||024||||080220s1980    xxu ||| b     ||| | eng d  aED192202bERIC  aericdbengcericddMvIdBD-DhUL1 aHale, Christiane B.10aAdolescent Pregnancyh[microform] :bThe Unmet Need for Psychological Research /cChristiane B. Hale and Margaret P. Freese.  a[Washington, D.C.] :bDistributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,c1982.  a27 p.  aERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (26th, Washington, DC, March 26-29, 1980).5ericd  aAdolescents contribute nearly 20% of all births in the United States; half of these are unplanned or unwanted. Negative health and socioeconomic consequences are associated with adolescent childbearing, and teenagers account for nearly one-third of all reported therapeutic abortions. Failure to use other than traditional research methods to study antecedents and consequences of teenage pregnancy has resulted in inadequate information for public policy or program development. Age and race comparisons have been made in studies of adolescent sexual behavior; research data point to an increasing number of sexually active adolescents, most of whom do not use contraception regularly or effectively. Studies of social epidemiology of adolescent pregnancies lack quality data from males or couples; reliable data on teenage abortions are also scarce. Productive research by psychologists could be conducted in the areas of developmental issues, antecedents and consequences of adolescent childbearing, and evaluations of programs offering sex education, contraception, abortion, or parenting skills. There is a need for collaborative research efforts by social demographers, epidemiologists, psychologists, and others who could help find viable intervention strategies to reduce unwanted teenage pregnancies. (Author/NRB)  aMicrofiche.b[Washington D.C.]:cERIC Clearinghouseemicrofiches : positive.07aAbortions.2ericd17aAdolescents.2ericd17aBirth.2ericd07aContraception.2ericd07aIntervention.2ericd07aParenthood Education.2ericd17aPregnancy.2ericd17aPrevention.2ericd17aResearch Needs.2ericd07aSex Education.2ericd07aSexuality.2ericd17aSocial Planning.2ericd07aState of the Art Reviews.2ericd 7aInformation Analyses.2ericd 7aSpeeches/Meeting Papers.2ericd1 aFreese, Margaret P.,eauthor.