Failing to find an association between depressive symptoms and age is a consistent finding with other studies. Among 751 adolescents representing 44.3% of young mothers younger than the age of 18 years,younger adolescent mothers were not found to be more depressed than older adolescent mothers(Eshbaugh, 2006). An integrative review of the literature by Reid and Meadows-Oliver (2007) examining adolescent postpartum depression among adolescents 19 years and younger noted inconsistencies among numerous demographics, including age.Yet, a limitation of many of these adolescent studies,including this study, may include the higher mean age of the adolescent sample.