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An important component of welfare reform aimed at minor teenage parents is a requirement that the teenager live in an appropriate living situation, typically with a parent or guardian. The State of Massachusetts developed Teen Living Programs as an alternate living arrangement for minor teenage parents receiving welfare who are unable to live with family members. This article reports on a survey of 199 teenage parents who lived in the Teen Living Programs. Three research questions were asked: Who are the teenagers served by these programs? What services were provided? To what extent have teenagers attained key outcomes? Outcomes measured included educational attainment, employment, welfare status, homelessness, and subsequent pregnancy. Implications for social policy, further program development, and clinical intervention are discussed.
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Adolescente , Mães/estatística & dados numéricos , Instituições Residenciais/estatística & dados numéricos , Seguridade Social , Feminino , Humanos , Massachusetts , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Gravidez , Gravidez na Adolescência , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Seguridade Social/legislação & jurisprudênciaAssuntos
Idoso , Habitação/normas , Espaço Pessoal , Política Pública , Comportamento Espacial , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Mothers (N = 256) of four different cultural groups judged the culpability of children whose actions were described in Piaget-type stories depicting commission of harm under various conditions. Child's age, harm to persons vs material objects, intentions, and amount of harm were systematically varied. All main effects (culture, intent of transgressor, age, and magnitude of harm) were significant, but several effects were qualified interactions. A cognitive social learning explanation is proposed to account for group differences in judgement, with special attention to cultural differences in values attached to harm to persons vs damage to property.
