P L East

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The younger sisters of childbearing adolescents: their attitudes, expectations, and behaviors
    P L East
    U C S D Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, San Diego, California 92103 8449, USA
    Child Dev 67:267-82. 1996
  2. ncbi Links between sisters' sexual and dating victimization: the roles of neighborhood crime and parental controls
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA
    J Fam Psychol 24:698-708. 2010
  3. ncbi How an adolescent's childbearing affects siblings' pregnancy risk: a qualitative study of Mexican American youths
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 41:210-7. 2009
  4. ncbi Association between adolescent pregnancy and a family history of teenage births
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 39:108-15. 2007
  5. ncbi Longitudinal pathways linking family factors and sibling relationship qualities to adolescent substance use and sexual risk behaviors
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, USA
    J Fam Psychol 19:571-80. 2005
  6. ncbi Mothers' differential treatment of their adolescent childbearing and nonchildbearing children: contrasts between and within families
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103 8449, USA
    J Fam Psychol 17:384-96. 2003
  7. ncbi An evaluation of California's Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program
    Patricia East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:62-70. 2003
  8. ncbi Sexual assertiveness and adolescents' sexual rights
    Patricia East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 34:212-3. 2002
  9. ncbi The younger siblings of teenage mothers: a follow-up of their pregnancy risk
    P L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 92103 8449, USA
    Dev Psychol 37:254-64. 2001
  10. ncbi Family dynamics across pregnant Latina adolescents' transition to parenthood
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA
    J Fam Psychol 24:709-20. 2010

Research Grants

  1. CHILDREN IN HISPANIC FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A TEEN BIRTH
    Patricia East; Fiscal Year: 2003
  2. CHILDREN IN HISPANIC FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A TEEN BIRTH
    Patricia East; Fiscal Year: 2006

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi The younger sisters of childbearing adolescents: their attitudes, expectations, and behaviors
    P L East
    U C S D Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, San Diego, California 92103 8449, USA
    Child Dev 67:267-82. 1996
    ..Findings suggest the mechanisms by which the younger sisters of childbearing teens themselves become vulnerable to early parenthood...
  2. ncbi Links between sisters' sexual and dating victimization: the roles of neighborhood crime and parental controls
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA
    J Fam Psychol 24:698-708. 2010
    ..Survival analysis results showed that the risk period of a second sister being victimized lasts between 7 and 10 years after a first sister's victimization. The prevention implications of study findings are discussed...
  3. ncbi How an adolescent's childbearing affects siblings' pregnancy risk: a qualitative study of Mexican American youths
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 41:210-7. 2009
    ..Understanding these influences could help address the very high rates of pregnancy and childbearing among Latino adolescents...
  4. ncbi Association between adolescent pregnancy and a family history of teenage births
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 39:108-15. 2007
    ..The extent to which young women's risk of adolescent pregnancy is associated with having a mother who was a teenage parent, a sister who was a teenage parent or both is not known...
  5. ncbi Longitudinal pathways linking family factors and sibling relationship qualities to adolescent substance use and sexual risk behaviors
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, USA
    J Fam Psychol 19:571-80. 2005
    ..Findings add to theoretical models that emphasize the role of family and parenting processes in shaping sibling relationships, which, in turn, influence adolescent outcomes...
  6. ncbi Mothers' differential treatment of their adolescent childbearing and nonchildbearing children: contrasts between and within families
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103 8449, USA
    J Fam Psychol 17:384-96. 2003
    ..Findings highlight the preferential parenting that occurs within the families of childbearing teens and suggest its ramifications...
  7. ncbi An evaluation of California's Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program
    Patricia East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:62-70. 2003
    ..The siblings of adolescents who have been pregnant or are parents have disproportionately high rates of teenage pregnancies and births. California's Adolescent Sibling Pregnancy Prevention Program is targeted at these high-risk youths...
  8. ncbi Sexual assertiveness and adolescents' sexual rights
    Patricia East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 34:212-3. 2002
  9. ncbi The younger siblings of teenage mothers: a follow-up of their pregnancy risk
    P L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 92103 8449, USA
    Dev Psychol 37:254-64. 2001
    ..Findings suggest that the younger sisters of parenting teens are at very high risk of early pregnancy and that this risk becomes increasingly pronounced across time...
  10. ncbi Family dynamics across pregnant Latina adolescents' transition to parenthood
    Patricia L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA
    J Fam Psychol 24:709-20. 2010
    ..Implications of study findings for family adjustment following an adolescent's childbearing are discussed...
  11. ncbi Risks among youths who have multiple sisters who were adolescent parents
    P L East
    Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, USA
    Fam Plann Perspect 33:75-80. 2001
    ..Screening for the number, living situation and age at first birth of parenting sisters is likely to be useful for programs seeking to identify youths at high risk of an early pregnancy...

Research Grants4

  1. CHILDREN IN HISPANIC FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A TEEN BIRTH
    Patricia East; Fiscal Year: 2003
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  2. CHILDREN IN HISPANIC FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A TEEN BIRTH
    Patricia East; Fiscal Year: 2006
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