Parental Involvement, Family Structure, and Adolescent Sexual Decision Making

Pearson, Jennifer; Muller, Chandra; Frisco, Michelle L.

doi:10.1525/sop.2006.49.1.67

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“…Researchers have investigated the association between social structures, such as peers, family, schools, and the media, and the timing of first sex (e.g., Hawkins, Catalono, Kosterman, Abbott, & Hill, 1999;L'Engle & Jackson, 2008;Pearson, Muller, & Frisco, 2006). There is evidence that all of these are associated with differences in age of sexual debut, and that these associations vary as a function of adolescents' age, ethnicity, and gender.…”

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Cognitive Representations of Sexual Self Differ as a Function of Gender and Sexual Debut

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This research evaluated the association between gender and sexual debut (initial sexual intercourse) and indirect measures of sexuality. A sample of 440 U.S. college students (pre-sexual debut: 144 women, 153 men; post-sexual debut: 49 women, 94 men) completed the Sexual Self-Schema Scale (SSSS), which assessed cognitive representations about sexual aspects of oneself, and three Implicit Association Tests (IAT), which measured the strength of the associations between the concepts of self + sex, women + sex, and men + sex. Results replicated previous findings that (1) men more strongly associated self + sex and women + sex than did women, and (2) men and women had similarly strong associations of men + sex. Post-sexual debut women's self + sexual and women + sexual associations were stronger than pre-sexual debut women's. Men's associations did not differ significantly as a function of sexual debut. Post-sexual debut women's SSSS scores were more direct, more romantic, and less conservative than pre-sexual debut women's. Post-sexual debut men's SSSS scores were more aggressive and more open-minded than pre-sexual debut men's. Sexual debut appeared to be associated with sexualized and sexually liberal cognitive representations in women and, to a lesser extent, sexually liberal and aggressive cognitive representations in men. Findings were consistent with theories of cognitive consistency and provide preliminary evidence that sexual debut status was associated with differing cognitive representations.

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Cognitive Representations of Sexual Self Differ as a Function of Gender and Sexual Debut

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“…However, results from longitudinal studies contradict these findings and demonstrate that family configuration does not influence the decision of adolescents to initiate sexual life (Pearson, Muller, & Frisco, 2006) or the quality of their romantic relationships (Valle & Tillman, 2014). In support of the hypothesis that family transition is not in itself a negative life event, other studies have found that family configuration does not influence the perceived social support (Pérez Milena et al, 2007).…”

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Social Skills, Social Support and Well-Being in Adolescents of Different Family Configurations

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2015

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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Abstract:There is no consensus in the literature regarding the influence of family configuration on the psychological well-being of adolescents. Based on the perception of adolescents, this study evaluates the influence of family configuration, social skills and social support appraisals as potential predictors of adolescent psychological well-being. The participants were 454 adolescents aged between 13 and 17 years from nuclear, separated and remarried families. The adolescents were students in the first and second years of public high school. The data were collectively obtained in the classroom using the Social Skills Inventory for Adolescents, the Social Support Appraisal Scale and the Psychological Well-being Scale. The results indicated that family configuration is not associated with the psychological well-being of adolescents. The social skills of empathy, self-control, civility, social resourcefulness and affective approach as well as the social support appraisals from friends and family were the best predictors of adolescent psychological well-being. The implications of the results are discussed with respect to future research and interventions.Keywords: social skills, social perception, subjective well-being, adolescence Habilidades Sociais, Apoio Social e Bem-Estar de Adolescentes de Diferentes Configurações FamiliaresResumo: Não existe consenso na literatura quanto às influências da configuração familiar no bem-estar psicológico de adolescentes. A partir da percepção de adolescentes, este estudo avaliou a influência da configuração familiar, habilidades sociais e percepção de apoio social como possíveis variáveis preditoras do seu bem-estar psicológico. Participaram 454 adolescentes, na faixa etária entre 13 e 17 anos, de famílias nucleares, monoparentais e recasadas que frequentavam o Ensino Médio. Os participantes responderam coletivamente, em sala de aula, ao Inventário de Habilidades Sociais para Adolescentes, à Escala de Percepção de Apoio Social e à Escala de Bem-estar Psicológico. Os resultados indicaram que a configuração familiar não está associada ao bem-estar psicológico dos adolescentes. As habilidades sociais de empatia, autocontrole, civilidade, desenvoltura social e abordagem afetiva e a percepção de apoio dos amigos e da família foram os melhores preditores do bemestar psicológico dos adolescentes. Discute-se as implicações dos resultados para novas pesquisas e intervenções.Palavras-chave: habilidades sociais, percepção social, bem-estar subjetivo, adolescência Habilidades Sociales, Apoyo Social y Bienestar de Adolescentes de Diferentes Configuraciones FamiliaresResumen: No hay consenso en la literatura sobre la influencia de la configuración familiar en el bienestar psicológico de los adolescentes. Con base en la percepción de los adolescentes, este estudio evalúa la influencia de la configuración familiar, habilidades sociales y apoyo social percibido como posibles predictivos de su bienestar psicológico. Participaron en el estudio 454 adolescentes de edades comprendidas entre 13 y ...

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“…Parental involvement has been linked to decreased risky sexual behavior (Pearson, Muller, & Frisco, 2006), higher rates of academic achievement (Fan & Chen, 2001), and social and behavioral success in school settings (El Nokali, Bachman, & Votruba-Drzal, 2010). Most relevant to the current study, parental involvement is also negatively associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms (Colder et al, 1997;Duchesne & Ratelle, 2010).…”

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Maternal Psychological Control, Use of Supportive Parenting, and Childhood Depressive Symptoms

Frazer

Fite

2015

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Given the developmental importance of the family system, research on child depressive symptoms often examines the impact of parenting practices as either sources of or buffers against depressive symptoms. The current study, operating from a stress-process framework, examined the interactive effects of supportive parenting practices (i.e., mothers' use of positive communication, positive parenting, and parental involvement) and maternal psychological control on mother-and child-reported child depressive symptoms in a community-recruited sample of 9-12 year-olds. Discrepancies between mother-and child-reports of depressive symptoms were also examined. Maternal psychological control was uniquely associated with child-, not mother-, reported depressive symptoms. Parental involvement was uniquely associated with mother-, not child-, reported depressive symptoms. Positive parent-child communication was associated with less child-and mother-reported child depressive symptoms at the bivariate level, but not when unique associations were examined. Positive parenting was unrelated to either report of depressive symptoms. No interaction effects were detected.Implications and future directions are discussed.

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Parental Involvement, Family Structure, and Adolescent Sexual Decision Making

Cited by 103 publications

References 51 publications

Cognitive Representations of Sexual Self Differ as a Function of Gender and Sexual Debut

Cognitive Representations of Sexual Self Differ as a Function of Gender and Sexual Debut

Social Skills, Social Support and Well-Being in Adolescents of Different Family Configurations

Maternal Psychological Control, Use of Supportive Parenting, and Childhood Depressive Symptoms

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