Constructions of teenage fathers largely portray them as absent, criminal, and violent (Johansson and Hammaren 2014; Kiselica and Kiselica 2014), with their identity tied to the role of breadwinner rather than parent. Although teenage fathers report being judged and belittled, little is known about societally held stereotypes toward teenage fathers. With samples of participants in Australia, we conducted three studies, based on the Stereotype Content Model, to explore societal stereotypes, and attitudes more broadly, of teenage fathers, including factors that may influence attitudes. Study 1 (n = 177) investigated attitudes toward teenage fathers, compared to teenage mothers and adult parents, demonstrating they were perceived least favorably. Study 2 (n = 94) explored whether the attitudes and stereotypes of teenage fathers held by university students were similar or different to those of men who are low SES and male adolescents. We found that, similar to male adolescents in general, teenage fathers were seen as lacking maturity and that, similar to men who are low SES, stereotypes were contemptuous. We did not find expected differences in perceived morality. Finally, Study 3 (n = 462) explored whether attitudes toward teenage fathers were less negative if they were perceived to be employed. They were not. Overall, our findings suggested teenage fathers are perceived to lack maturity, morality, competence, warmth, and capacity to parent. Whether they were employed or not made little difference to people’s perceptions. Our findings suggest that stereotypes of teenage fathers are largely contemptuous, which can be internalized by teenage fathers and may reduce their help-seeking.

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不道德、无能、缺乏温暖：青少年父亲的刻板印象与其他父母的比较

青少年父亲的结构在很大程度上将他们描绘成缺席、犯罪和暴力（Johansson 和 Hammaren 2014；Kiselica 和 Kiselica 2014），他们的身份与养家糊口的角色有关，而不是父母的角色。尽管十几岁的父亲报告说受到评判和贬低，但人们对社会对十几岁父亲的刻板印象知之甚少。我们以澳大利亚的参与者为样本，基于刻板印象内容模型进行了三项研究，以探索社会刻板印象，以及更广泛的青少年父亲的态度，包括可能影响态度的因素。研究 1 (n = 177) 调查了对十几岁父亲的态度，与十几岁的母亲和成年父母相比，表明他们最不受欢迎。研究 2 (n = 94) 探讨大学生对青少年父亲的态度和刻板印象是否与低社会经济地位的男性和男性青少年相似或不同。我们发现，与一般的男性青少年相似，青少年父亲被视为缺乏成熟度，而与社会经济地位低的男性相似，刻板印象是蔑视的。我们没有发现感知道德的预期差异。最后，研究 3 (n = 462) 探讨了如果青少年父亲被认为有工作，他们对他们的态度是否不那么消极。它们不是。总体而言，我们的研究结果表明，青少年父亲被认为缺乏成熟、道德、能力、热情和为人父母的能力。他们是否受雇对人们的看法影响不大。