Abstract
Although recent research has focused on the unique characteristics of adolescent mothers and their children, critical questions remain concerning the conceptualization and measurement of social support and its effects on adolescent parenting and child development. In this article, various perspectives on the meaning and measurement of social supports available for adolescent mothers are summarized, with particular attention devoted to types, sources, and amounts of support, and the ways in which these dimensions differ for teen and adult mothers. A model of adolescent parenting is presented, emphasizing the multiple influences that social support has on maternal personality, health and nutritional status, and cognitive readiness for parenting, as well as on actual parenting behavior and child development.
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