Adolescent mothers and social support: Formal and informal sources

This research investigated the sources of support adolescent mothers have in their lives as well as what types of support these persons give and how often support is provided by them. In addition, the quality of the relationship and its relation to the amount of the types of support provided and the frequency of support provided was examined. Support that is given to adolescent mothers from formal services was also considered. The relationship between the involvement of family and significant others in services and service quality was investigated, and if services were inviting these persons to programming events held. It was found that relationship quality with support sources was related to the number of types of support these persons provided, but no relationship was found between relationship quality and the frequency of support given. The number of formal services that do invite and do not invite family and significant others to programming activities was almost equal, with slightly more not inviting these persons. There was a relationship between lower service quality and a higher frequency of not including the family components investigated in the study.