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ArticleJournal of advanced nursing2015

Personality and adolescent pregnancy outcomes.

Emily W Harville, Aubrey Spriggs Madkour, Yiqiong Xie

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  1. Intergenerational continuity and stability in early family formation.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2019
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Emily W HarvilleDepartment of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Aubrey Spriggs Madkour
Yiqiong Xie

Funding

Wave IV Data CollectionP01HD031921 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HARRIS, KATHLEEN MULLAN · 1994 to 2020
$86.1M
Birth Outcomes Among AdolescentsR03HD067240 · NICHD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI HARVILLE, EMILY WHEELER · 2011 to 2012
$149k
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD031921NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD067240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo examine the relationship between personality, pregnancy and birth outcomes in adolescents.

backgroundPersonality has been shown to be a strong predictor of many health outcomes. Adolescents who become pregnant have worse birth outcomes than adults.

designCross-sectional study using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (baseline, 1994-1995; follow-up, 2007-2008).

methodsThe study sample was 6529 girls, 820 of whom reported on pregnancy outcomes for a teenage birth. Personality data were taken from the Mini International Personality Item Pool personality tool, which measures the five-factor personality traits of neuroticism, conscientiousness, intellect/imagination, extraversion and agreeableness. Logistic regression was used to predict teen pregnancy and linear regression was used to predict birth weight and gestational age with adjustment for confounders and stratification by race.

resultsAgreeableness and intellect/imagination were associated with a reduced likelihood of becoming pregnant as an adolescent, while neuroticism, conscientiousness and extraversion were all associated with an increased likelihood of becoming pregnant. Higher neuroticism was associated with lower birth weight and gestational age among Black girls, but not non-Black. Conscientiousness was associated with lower gestational age among non-Black girls. No relationships were found with extraversion or agreeableness and birth outcomes. Receiving late or no prenatal care was associated with higher intellect/imagination.

conclusionsPersonality is understudied with respect to pregnancy and birth outcomes compared with other health outcomes. Such research could help professionals and clinicians design and target programmes that best fit the characteristics of the population most likely to need them, such as those with high neuroticism.

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PersonalityPregnancy in AdolescencePregnancy OutcomeAdolescentFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesPregnancybirth weightcontinental population groupsnurses/midwives/nursingpregnancy in adolescencepremature birthprenatal care

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PMCPMC4267964

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