- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A study of the relationship between school support, family support, community support, and postsecondary education among former teen mothers in North Carolina, 2018
- Creator:
- George, Sibrenna
- Date of Original:
- 2018-05-21
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examines the relationship between school support, family support, community support, teen parenting programs and postsecondary education among teen mothers in North Carolina. The sample consisted of 212 participants who became teen mothers between the ages of 13-19 and have since attained postsecondary education. The variables used for the study included the following: school support, family support, community support, teen parenting programs, resilience, and mentoring. The research employed a 33-item, five-point Likert scale questionnaire. Explanatory design was utilized to create the study. Purposive and snowball sampling was utilized to gather the data. The findings of the study, overall, indicates that majority of the participants believe that school support, family support, community support, teen parenting programs, resilience, and mentoring helped them to attain postsecondary education. KEY TERMS: Pregnancy, African Americans, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education, Social Statistics, Social Work
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2018_george_sibrenna
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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