It appears that most pregnancies among unmarried female students occur as a function of normally developing sexuality rather than as the result of emotional maladjustment. (Author/CJ)

Interviewed 88 adolescents to determine their needs and attitudes about sex education. Content analysis showed three areas in need of revision: format, curriculum and lecturer. Respondents expressed a need for sensitive sex education programs emphasizing emotional as well as physical aspects and a variety of viewpoints. (JAC)

Interviewed first-time expectant fathers (N=100) regarding factors which contributed or detracted from their emotional readiness for fatherhood. Found factors contributing to readiness for fatherhood included: a sense of stability in the couple's relationship, relative financial security, and a sense of closure to the childless part of the…

Discusses pregnancy from four perspectives: as a normative crisis period; as a developmental process including both the pregnant woman and the expectant father; as an experience affecting marital relationships, including the presence of family violence; and as a context for prevention and intervention. (RH)

The author cites representative studies on the relationship of intelligence to nine specific factors: undernutrition and malnutrition; mother's health during pregnancy; prematurity; anoxia; smoking during pregnancy; childhood ill-health; twins; birth order; and brain damage. (SJL)

In this project, the purpose was to stimulate couples to become aware of their communications and support systems as necessary building blocks for healthy family emotional development. Pregnancy is seen as a transitional period leading to another life stage in the growth of an individual. Evaluation and summary are presented. (Author)

This article presents a program to meet educational and other needs of pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers. The program includes a regular curriculum, a health unit, social services, and a child/day care unit. (Author/DB)

The historical and legislative background of the 1978 law which will enable pregnant workers equal rights to disability and health benefits is reviewed. Some of the social and economic factors relating to women in the work force are described. (EB)

To assess risk status of newborns, data were collected on 776 newborns using a high risk register. Analysis of high risk characteristics revealed 261 primary risk incidents in the sample and 292 secondary risk factors. (Author/PHR)

Supreme Court decisions in two recent court cases concerning Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the pregnancy of female employees illustrate how stereotyped notions of pregnancy influence perceptions about women's roles in employment. (EB)

Presents a brief analytic summary of all readily available social and psychological research concerning apparent causes and consequences of adolescent childbearing. Existing federal programs addressed to this problem are listed with recommendations for further development of public policies and programs. (Author)

Unwed mothers who decide to place their child for adoption were compared, both pre- and post-parturition, with those who chose to keep their child. Women who keep their child have a high ideal self-concept following the birth, and are more conforming and conservative than the women who surrender their child. (Author)

This study tested four hypotheses demonstrating reference group support is an influential factor in deciding not to have children. Results show the majority of women who wished to remain childless had support for that decision although they characteristically had fewer reference groups than females who looked forward to having children. (Author)

This paper is directed to people who, sufficiently disturbed by complex realities of problem pregnancies, are prepared to think beyond the confines of ideology. It is a challenge to people who tend to reduce the problem of unwanted pregnancies either to "abortion on demand" or to "right to life" ideologies. (Author)