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Intimate partner abuse and the reproductive health of sexually active female adolescents

Journal of Adolescent HealthPublished 15 April 2005
Timothy A. Roberts, Peggy Auinger, Jonathan D. Klein
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TL;DR

Logistic regression analyses of 1996 cross-sectional data from 973 sexually active, dating female adolescents surveyed for wave II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Public Use Dataset concluded physical abuse by an intimate partner is associated with pregnancy and current involvement in a verbally abusive relationship is associatedwith decreased condom use among sexually experienced female adolescents.

Abstract

Physical abuse by an intimate partner is associated with pregnancy and current involvement in a verbally abusive relationship is associated with decreased condom use among sexually experienced female adolescents. Health care providers should be attentive to the association between abuse and pregnancy among adolescents.

Keywords

PsychologySocial SciencesHealth Professions