Reconceiving Black Adolescent Pregnancy
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Adolescent Childbearing
Adolescent Mothers
adolescents
agency in adolescence
alternative adolescent development models
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Baby's Father
babys
Baby’s Father
Black Adolescent
Black Adolescent Girls
Black American Adolescent Girls
Black American Family Patterns
Black American Single Mothers
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Contradictory Reflections
developmental psychology
early
Early Childbearing
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Equal Career Opportunities
ethnographic research
father
Friend's Belief
Friend’s Belief
girls
High School Equivalency Diploma
identity formation
lives
Mainstream White Society
minority youth development
Mother Daughter Relationships
Mother's Daughter
Mother's Mental Illness
mothers
Mother’s Daughter
Mother’s Mental Illness
Paradoxical Themes
Poor Black Children
pregnant
Pregnant Black Teenagers
qualitative case studies
Rich White People
Welfare Reform
White Working Class Girls
Women's Career Development
womens
Women’s Career Development
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Young Women's Experiences
Young Women’s Experiences
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- ISBN 9780813368160
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jan 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Images of pregnant Black teenagers and single Black mothers are plentiful in the media and popular culture. These representations have fueled debates on the need for welfare reform and have focused public attention on adolescent pregnancy among Black Americans. In Reconceiving Black Adolescent Pregnancy, Elizabeth Merrick presents a new understanding of childbearing and adolescent development among lower income Black American teenage girls. The author focuses primarily on the individual stories and themes of the six participants in the study. The first section provides the context, and the second section provides the major thematic findings. The final sections focus on agency and identity in this population. The findings that emerged from Merrick's study yield a provocative view that stands in marked contrast to assessments of pregnant Black adolescents as being deviant or greedy for welfare. There is a need for developmental models that start from, or at least incorporate, non-majority experiences. In particular, ethnographic accounts can provide key insights into different developmental pathways. Out of such accounts, new paradigms may also emerge to guide developmental research. Reconceiving Black Adolescent Pregnancy fills this void.
Elizabeth Merrickholds a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from NYU. She is a licensed psychologist working with adolescents and young adults in New York City. She is currently an adjunct professor at Baruch College, City University of New York.
