| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 公共衛生研究所 === 98 === Background: Lee(2002) and Gu(2006)s’ longitudinal study shows that children who were born to adolescent mothers, compared to children who were born to adult mothers, have more behavioral problems during primary school, especially boys are not able to concentrate and may be passive learners. Also, boys who were born to adolescent mothers have lower academic performances, while this trend cannot be seen among girls.
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to compare the family environments, behaviors, academic performances, and the attitudes of premarital sexual behavior to children who were born to adolescent mothers and adult mothers and to discuss whether adolescent mothers still influence their children when they are at age of 13 to 15.
Materials and method: In the study conducted by Lee (2002) in An-Nan district of Tainan city were recruited. Use Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Teacher Report Form (TRF) and Youth Self Report (YSR) to measure child behavior. Premarital sex attitude are using premarital sex attitude questionnaire.
Results: Children who were born to adolescent mothers score higher in CBCL and TRF. For the past eight years, when boys and girls who were born to adolescent mothers are in primary schools, their row scores show significant differences in inattention-passivity and hyperactivity indices. Once they become adolescents, for boys, a significant difference in attention problem index can be noticed. However, for girls, not only external problems but also internal problems such as depression can be recognized. The children who were born to adolescent mothers have poorer school performance than those who were born to adult mothers. Moreover, the maternal age at conception has an impact on children’s school achievement of mathematics and social. When these children become adolescents, their performances of science, arts, and physical education are still influenced by their mothers as well; the maternal age at conception is not an independently factor of school achievement. Last, premarital sex attitude shows that there is no significant difference in children who were born to adolescent mothers or adult mothers. But, row score points out that those boys who were born to adolescent mothers are more conservative while girls are more open; however, no significant difference can be seen in these two groups.
Conclusions: Marriage status, children’s living status and parents’educational status do affect children’s behaviors and academic performances in either pre-school or adolescent time. The involvement of fathers plays an important role as well. We recommend that the government put more efforts on adolescent mothers so that they can have marriage consultancies, and we encourage both of the parents to put more emphasis on their children and get involved more to their lives.
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