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Journal of Human Growth and Development

versão impressa ISSN 0104-1282

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QUEIROGA, Kallyne Rubyan Oliveira et al. What is and how can be explained pregnancy in adolescence. Rev. bras. crescimento desenvolv. hum. [online]. 2014, vol.24, n.2, pp.142-149. ISSN 0104-1282.

INTRODUCTION: The inconsequential exercise of sexuality may generate innumerous conflicts and interfere wityh each adolescent's plans for the future, resulting in early pregnancy, for example. OBJECTIVE: Describe the ideas associated to the subject pregnancy in adolescence. METHODS: This is a systematic revision with scientific production about pregnancy in adolescence disseminated in health science journals, in the period of 2006 to 2010. It has a quantitative and qualitative approach to the data. The total analyzed samples were 20 articles. The data collection instrument was a structured script containing objective and subjective questions. The quantitative data was presented in tables, the subjective, in charts, reflected through thematic analysis (Bardin). RESULTS: The findings revealed negative feelings, among others, associated to the pregnancy during adolescence and its occurrence to psychological and socio-economic factors. DISCUSSIONS: The pregnancy in adolescence can be seen as a period of search for identity, occurring due to rebelliousness, many times experienced in relation to their families and to the historical and social context. However, its explanation is multifactorial. CONCLUSION: This phenomenon may be something that is experienced positively or negatively, in a desired or undesired form, with or without family support. Therefore, it is necessary a holistic view of the fact. Hopefully this study may clarify questions regarding pregnancy in adolescence and may cooperate to establish preventive and educational actions.

Palavras-chave : pregnancy in adolescence; scientific research; systematic revision.

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