A descriptive study of the relationship between self-concept and sexual behavior among african american adolescent females, 1995

The overall objective of this descriptive study was to determine if there was a significant difference between self concept among teenagers that become pregnant and those that do not become pregnant. The sample was comprised of a total of 30 subjects, 15 pregnant teenagers or teen mothers from Johnny Walker Housing Project in Marietta, Georgia and 15 nonpregnant teenagers from Cobb County's Girls Inc., also located in Marietta, Georgia. To examine self-expectation's, an original questionnaire was administered in a one shot episode. The theoretical framework used in this research was the Psychosocial Approach. The Psychosocial Approach is optimistic about human potential and strongly committed to the notions of individual worth and individual ability to grow and develop when given the opportunity, resources and requisite assistance. The findings revealed that there is no statistical significance between self-concept among teenagers that become pregnant and those that do not become pregnant