Author Question: Which statement best exemplifies adaptation to pregnancy in relation to the adolescent? a. ... (Read 19 times)

kaid0807 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

Which statement best exemplifies adaptation to pregnancy in relation to the adolescent?

a. Adolescents adapt to motherhood in a similar way to other childbearing women.b. Social support has very little effect on adolescent adaptation to pregnancy. c. The pregnant adolescent faces the challenge of multiple developmental tasks.d. Pregnant adolescents of all ages can be capable and active participants in health-care decisions.

Question 2

What is the most common expected emotional reaction of a woman to the news that she is pregnant?

a. Jealousyb. Acceptancec. Ambivalenced. Depression

huda · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: c
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a. Adolescents must cope with the conflicting developmental tasks of pregnancy and adolescence at the same time.
b. Social support has been associated with a more positive adaptation to mothering for adolescents.
c. Correct. Pregnant adolescents face conflicting and multiple developmental tasks of pregnancy and adolescence at the same time.
d. By late adolescence (ages 17 to 20) this can occur, but early adolescents are oriented toward the present and are self-centered, and often pregnancy at this age is a result of abuse or coercion.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: c
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a. Others in the family may be jealous of the fetus, but that is not a common maternal response.
b. Acceptance of the pregnancy typically occurs later in the pregnancy.
c. Ambivalence is a normal expected reaction to the news of pregnancy, whether or not the pregnancy is planned or wanted.
d. This would represent an abnormal emotional response to pregnancy.