The 'Predicting And Preventing Child Neglect In Teen Mothers' project is a multi-site study that aimed to to assess the impact of varying degrees and types of neglect and poor parenting on children’s development during the first 3 years of life. Participants were 682 first-time pregnant mothers and their first-born infants from the United States of America. Mothers were categorised into three groups: adolescents, low-education adults (less than 2 years formal education beyond high school), and high-education adults (at least 2 years of formal education). The mothers were between the ages of 15 and 35 at the time of recruitment. Interviews were conducted at the mothers' third trimester of pregnancy, as well as when their children were 4, 6, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months old. Data was collected between 2001 and 2007.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
396 (adolescent mothers)
117 (adult hi-ed mothers)
169 (adult low-ed mothers)
682 (infants)
Age at first data collection
15 - 18 years (adolescents mothers)
22 - 35 years (adult hi-ed mothers)
22 - 35 years (adult low-ed mothers)
4 months (infants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (adolescent mothers)
Varied (adult hi-ed mothers)
Varied (adult low-ed mothers)
Varied (infants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
First-time teen mothers.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
Brandeis University
Georgetown University
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
University of Kansas (KU)
University of Notre Dame
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Education
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
Engagement
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