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Predictors of depressive symptomatology among low-income teen mothers (N = 751) were explored. Younger teen mothers were not more depressed than older teen mothers. There was a significant interaction effect for partner status and ethnicity. For African-Americans, partnered teen mothers were more likely than non-partnered teen mothers to be depressed. For Latinas, partnered teen mothers were less likely than non-partnered teen mothers to be depressed. Future research should be conducted to examine how ethnicity interacts with predictors of depression.
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Eshbaugh, E. Predictors of depressive symptomatology among low-income adolescent mothers. Arch Womens Ment Health 9, 339–342 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-006-0146-8
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