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Television and Movie Behaviors of Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Adolescents

Anne K. Solderman

Bradley S. Greenberg

Renato Linsangan

Michigan State University

Television and film viewing by many adolescents constitutes a substantial part of their leisure time. While no single factor can account wholly for the development of sexually-oriented attitudes, values, and behaviors, it is believed that media play at least a subtle role. The purpose of this study was to determine whether media viewing habits of pregnant and non-pregnant, Black and White adolescent girls differ and how they differ. Data were collected by questionnaires given to 649 9th and 10th grade girls in three large high schools and 146 pregnant adolescents in alternative education programs in the same Midwestern state. Systematic analysis of sexual content in the soaps, primetime TV, and R-rated films most viewed by these adolescents revealed that Blacks and the pregnant adolescents had significantly greater exposure to the media. Pregnant respondents watched television programming more often in the company of their steady boyfriends than did their non-pregnant peers. Black adolescents reported a greater effort by their parents to control viewing behaviors.

Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, 153-170 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/074355488832004
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American Behavioral Scientist, November 1, 1989; 33(2): 263 - 268.