Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Two Ethnic Minority Samples: The Role of Family Variables

Miller, Kim S.; Forehand, Rex; Kotchick, Beth A.

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“…In general, these studies have found that parental disapproval of teen sex is associated with late sexual debut, reduced number of sexual partners, infrequent sex and decreased teen pregnancy among youth. 34,35 Studies that explored the link between living arrangements in terms of the presence of one or both parents in the same household as the adolescent have also yielded consistent results.…”

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Parental Factors and Sexual Risk-Taking among Young People in Côte d'Ivoire

Babalola¹,

Tambashe

Vondrasek

2005

African Journal of Reproductive Health

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Côte d'Ivoire is the country worst affected by the HIV epidemic in West Africa, and young people in this country are a particularly vulnerable group. This study examined the relation between parental factors and sexual risk-taking among young people using logistic regression and survival analysis methods. Three parental factors (living in the same household as the father during childhood, perceived parental disapproval of early and premarital pregnancy, and parent-child communication about sexual abstinence) were positively associated with primary sexual abstinence (defined as yet to experience sexual debut), secondary sexual abstinence (defined as sexual abstinence subsequent to sexual debut) and reduced number of sex partners. The findings suggest that parental monitoring and control are important predictors of youth sexual behaviours and underscore the need to target parents and guardians in efforts to promote responsible sexual behaviours among adolescents. It is important to promote parent-child communication about sexual issues and empower parents and guardians to communicate effectively with their children and wards about sexual issues. RÉSUMÉFacteurs parentaux et la prise de risque sexuel chez les jeunes gens en Côte-d'lvoire. La Côte-d'lvoire est le pays le plus atteint par l'épidémie du VIH en Afrique de l'ouest et les jeunes gens de ce pays constituent un groupe surtout vulnérable. Cette étude a examiné le rapport entre les facteurs parentaux et la prise de risque sexuel chez les jeunes gens à l'aide de la regression logistique et la méthode de l'analyse de survie. Trois facteurs parentaux (le fait d'habiter dans la mème maison que le père pendant l'enfance, la désapprobation parentale perçue de la grossesse précoce et la grossesse prémaritale et la communication parent-enfant concernant l'abstinence sexuelle primaire (définie comme n'ayant pas encore eu l'expérience sexuelle), l'abstinence sexuelle secondarie (définie comme une abstinence sexuelle postérieure à l'expérience sexuelle initiale) et le nombre réduit de partenaires sexuels. Les résultats démontrent que la surveillance et l'autorité des parents sont des facteurs importants qui soulignent le besoin de viser les parents et les tuteurs dans les tentatives de promouvoir des comportements sexuels responsables chez les adolescents. Il est important de promouvoir la communication parent-enfant par rapport aux questions sexuelles et de capabiliser les parents et les tuteurs afin qu'ils puissent communiquer de manière effetive avec leurs enfants et leurs pupilles quant aux questions sexuelles. (Rev Afr Santé Reprod 2005; 9[1]: 49-65)

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Parental Factors and Sexual Risk-Taking among Young People in Côte d'Ivoire

Babalola¹,

Tambashe

Vondrasek

2005

African Journal of Reproductive Health

103

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“…NIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript debut is associated with higher HIV exposure because it is linked to more frequent sexual intercourse, more lifetime STDs, less consistent contraceptive use, and more sexual partners (Brooks-Gunn and Paikoff, 1993; CDC, 1992;Durbin et al, 1993;Miller et al, 1999). Some youths are at greater risk than others.…”

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“…Instrumental parenting characteristics such as permissiveness and monitoring are also related to teens' sexual experience. Later sexual debut is associated with more parental monitoring, less parental permissiveness, and the presence of household routines and rules (Danziger, 1995;Li et al, 2000;Metzler et al, 1994;Miller et al, 1998Miller et al, , 1999Romer et al, 1994Romer et al, , 1999. Parental monitoring reduces opportunities for early sexual activity by limiting adolescents' exposure to sexual possibility situations (Paikoff, 1995).…”

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Tracing the Roots of Early Sexual Debut Among Adolescents in Psychiatric Care

Donenberg¹,

Bryant²,

Emerson³

et al. 2003

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psych

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Objective: To identify the most important social and personal characteristics related to early sexual debut among troubled teenagers. Method:One hundred ninety-eight youths aged 12-19 years were recruited from outpatient mental health clinics and completed self-reports and interviews about their age of sexual debut; family, peer, and partner relationships (e.g., parental hostile control, negative peer influence, need for intimacy); and personal characteristics (e.g., achievement motivation, externalizing problems). Broad-band (externalizing, internalizing) and narrow-band (depression/anxiety, delinquency) psychopathology was assessed with the Youth Self-Report and Child Behavior Checklist.Results: Optimal Data Analysis was used to generate a classification tree model to identify variables associated with whether or not youths initiated oral, vaginal, and/or anal sexual activity before or after age 14. Three social context variables (parental hostile control, negative and positive peer influence) and one personal characteristic (externalizing problems) correctly classified 87.4% of teenagers as initiating sexual activity at ≤14 or >14 years of age. Conclusions:Parental behavior and peer influence were the most important variables associated with the timing of sexual debut. Results support a social-personal framework for understanding sexual risk-taking among adolescents in psychiatric care, and the data offer relatively strong evidence that specific factors could be used to identify troubled teens at risk for early sexual debut. Keywords adolescents; sexual debut; social-personal context; psychiatric careIt has been 20 years since the first case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was diagnosed, and despite efforts to curb the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), rates of infection are rising among adolescents. Young people account for 25% of new sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) reported annually, and the number of HIV-infected youths doubles every 14 months (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 1998[CDC], , 2000a. Sexual activity is the primary mechanism of HIV transmission among teens (DiClemente, 1996;Pequagnat and Szapocznik, 2000), with 57% of males and 49% of females infected through sexual contact, but only 8% of males and 11% of females infected through intravenous drug use (CDC, 2000a). Teenagers are initiating sex at earlier ages (CDC, 2000a) NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript debut is associated with higher HIV exposure because it is linked to more frequent sexual intercourse, more lifetime STDs, less consistent contraceptive use, and more sexual partners (Brooks-Gunn and Paikoff, 1993; CDC, 1992;Durbin et al., 1993;Miller et al., 1999). Some youths are at greater risk than others. Teens in psychiatric care, for example, engage in higher rates of sexual risk-taking than their same-age peers (Brown et al., 1997;Donenberg et al., 2001); they initiate sex at earlier ages and report high rates of sex without a condom, sex w...

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“…Nasilje u mladenačkim vezama ima brojne negativne posljedice na psihološko, ali i na tjelesno zdravlje adolescenata (6)(7)(8). Interakcije i naučeni obrasci ponašanja u prvim intimnim vezama u periodu adolescencije značajno utječu i na intimne odnose s osobama suprotnog spola u mlađoj odrasloj dobi (9,10).…”

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Adolescentce Dating Violence: Theoretical Approaches

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Ovaj rad daje pregled relevantnih teorijskih pristupa u objašnjenju nasilnog ponašanja u mladenačkim vezama, kao i uvid u rezultate dosadašnjih istraživanja koja iz njih proizlaze. Prikazana su dva šira pristupa, od koji prvi ispituje vezu kulturalnih i/ili osobnih faktora u nasilnom ponašanju, dok drugi pristup razmatra dinamičku prirodu i procese nasilnog ponašanja. U okviru prvog pristupa opisane su postavke feminističke teorije, teorije socijalnog učenja i teorije individualnih razlika. Osnovne postavke u tumačenju nasilnog ponašanja nekoliko različitih modela (dinamično razvojni-sustavni model, model poticaja/prinuđivanja/ inhibiranja nasilja i kontekstualni model) su prikazane u okviru drugog pristupa. Rezultati dosadašnjih istraživanja su analizirani u ovom preglednog radu uzimajući u obzir pretpostavke o uzrocima, složenost i načine na koje opisuju uzročno-posljedične odnose različiti teorijski pristupi. This paper provides an overview and brief history of the theory of violence in dating relationship, a review of relevant research, and conclusions with the main findings and guidelines for future research. We discuss two broad approaches to adolescent dating violence. The first approach is based in the investigation of cultural or individual factors of violent behavior in intimate relationships. The second approach is

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Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Two Ethnic Minority Samples: The Role of Family Variables

Cited by 249 publications

References 29 publications

Parental Factors and Sexual Risk-Taking among Young People in Côte d'Ivoire

Parental Factors and Sexual Risk-Taking among Young People in Côte d'Ivoire

Tracing the Roots of Early Sexual Debut Among Adolescents in Psychiatric Care

Adolescentce Dating Violence: Theoretical Approaches

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