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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. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads 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 Total pages 6 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 Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 06 Jan 2012, 14:17:23 EST Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 16:48:13 EST Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 16:50:32 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 17:27:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 76 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 06 Jan 2012, 14:17:23 EST

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