Adolescent depressive symptoms and subsequent pregnancy, pregnancy completion and pregnancy termination in young adulthood : findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study

Adolescent depressive symptoms and subsequent pregnancy, pregnancy completion and pregnancy termination in young adulthood : findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study

Nilsen, Wendy, Olsson, Craig A., Karevold, Evalill, O'Loughlin, Christina, McKenzie, Maria and Patton, George C. 2012, Adolescent depressive symptoms and subsequent pregnancy, pregnancy completion and pregnancy termination in young adulthood : findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study, Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 6-11.

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Title	Adolescent depressive symptoms and subsequent pregnancy, pregnancy completion and pregnancy termination in young adulthood : findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study
Author(s)	Nilsen, Wendy Olsson, Craig A. Karevold, Evalill O'Loughlin, Christina McKenzie, Maria Patton, George C.
Journal name	Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
Volume number	25
Issue number	1
Start page	6
End page	11
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Place of publication	Philadelphia, Pa.
Publication date	2012-02
ISSN	1083-3188 1873-4332
Keyword(s)	pregnancy pregnancy completion pregnancy termination young adulthood adolescence depression antisocial behaviour drug use cohort longitudinal
Summary	Study Objective: To examine relationships between depressive symptoms in adolescence (14-18 years of age) and becoming pregnant, completing a pregnancy (live birth) and terminating a pregnancy in young adulthood (21-24 years of age). Participants and Design: Data from 1000 females were drawn from a larger sample of 1943 young Australians participating in a longitudinal study of adolescent health and development, followed across 8 waves from adolescence (waves 1-6) to young adulthood (waves 7 and 8). Setting: Victoria, Australia. Main Outcome Measures: Pregnancy, pregnancy completion and pregnancy termination between 21-24 years of age. Results: We observed a twofold increase in the odds of becoming pregnant in those reporting persisting patterns of depressive symptoms during adolescence (2þ waves); however, after staged adjustment for adolescent antisocial behaviour, drug use and socioeconomic disadvantage, there was no evidence of association. Of particular note, and consistent with previous research, adolescent antisocial and drug use behavior were strongly associated with becoming pregnant and pregnancy termination in young adulthood. Conclusions: Adolescent antisocial and drug use behavior, not depressive symptoms, independently predict pregnancy outcomes in young adulthood.
Language	eng
Field of Research	179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective	970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2012, North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30041313

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	School of Psychology

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