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Clark AC, Kusunoki Y, Barber JS. Mechanisms Linking High Residential Mobility to Decreased Contraceptive Use: The Importance of Method Availability. SOCIAL PROBLEMS 2022; 69:1068-1091. [PMID: 36249958 PMCID: PMC9557177 DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spab009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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While research has demonstrated that high residential mobility has negative consequences for an array of outcomes, particularly among women and young adults, the mechanisms underlying these associations are unclear. The consequences of high residential mobility may be comprised solely of a series of short-term disruptions surrounding individual moves, or there may also be long-term, cumulative effects from repeated moves. High residential mobility may diminish access to resources as individuals move to different neighborhoods, impose a cognitive burden that impairs their ability to plan ahead, or decrease the relative power they have in their relationships to limit exposure to risk behaviors. We adjudicate between these possibilities by predicting the effects of high residential mobility on sexual intercourse and contraceptive use, the proximate determinants of pregnancy, during women's transition to adulthood. Using 2.5 years of monthly address data for 882 respondents in the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study-a random sample of young women in Genesee County, Michigan-we find that high residential mobility is associated with long-term decreases in contraceptive use. These long-term consequences are independent of the short-term effects of individual moves and attributable to diminished contraceptive access. We disentangle the effects of home-leaving, which is distinct from subsequent moves.
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- Anne C Clark
- Please direct correspondence to the first author at the University of Michigan, Department of Sociology, Room 3115 LSA Building, 500 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382,
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Ongaro F, Tocchioni V. Adding up risks: Sexual debut and substance use among Italian university students. ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH 2022; 53:100491. [PMID: 36652209 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2022.100491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Adolescence and youth are periods of great changes in an individual's life, during which experiencing first events of the transition to adulthood and, sometimes, violating social norms. Literature has identified an association of risk behaviours with timing of first sexual intercourse, but scant information is available about their relationship with the use of protection or the choice of a casual partner. This study focuses on the relation between initiation of risk behaviours (get drunk and drug use) and initiation of intercourse. Using event history analysis - also in their competing risk form - on data on Italian university students collected in 2000-2001 and in 2017, we intend to verify to what extent the initiation and the timing to risk behaviours is associated with the circumstances of first intercourse (timing, use of protection, type of partner), and if and how initiation to risk behaviours interacts differently with age at sexual debut. Our results show that in a country such as Italy, where family and sexual norms are relatively traditional, young people who got drunk, used marijuana or ecstasy at least one time in their life are more likely to experience risky sexual intercourse.
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- Fausta Ongaro
- Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Cesare Battisti 241, 35121 Padova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni "G. Parenti", Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy.
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Holway GV, Brewster KL, Tillman KH. Motivations for Maintaining Virginity Among US Adolescents. J Adolesc Health 2022; 71:242-244. [PMID: 35550328 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE This study describes trends in virginity and the motivations for maintaining virginity between 2006 and 2019 among 15- to 19-year-old adolescents in the United States. METHODS We used logistic regression and the margins command in Stata to estimate the proportion reporting virginity and the primary motivation for virginity during each survey period and the lincom command to facilitate statistical comparisons across time. RESULTS The proportion of males reporting virginity increased (from 56% to 61%), and the distribution of reasons for maintaining virginity shifted over time. Most females and males reported not having "found the right person" (16%-25% for females; 26%-35% for males), and a small percentage of females reported religion and morality (39%-27%) as motivations for abstinence. DISCUSSION The calculus of adolescents' sexual decision-making is changing, pointing to a need for new, longitudinal data aimed at clarifying the role of sexual (in)activity in teens' lives.
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- Giuseppina Valle Holway
- Department of History, Sociology, Geography and Legal Studies, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida.
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- Department of Sociology and Center for Demography & Population Health, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Sociology and Center for Demography & Population Health, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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Yabiku ST, Newmyer L. The intergenerational transmission of sexual frequency. BIODEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY 2022; 67:175-186. [PMID: 35892204 PMCID: PMC9797435 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2022.2104691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Intergenerational relationships are one of the most frequently studied topics in the social sciences. Within the area of family, researchers find intergenerational similarity in family behaviors such as marriage, divorce, and fertility. Yet less research has examined the intergenerational aspects of a key proximate determinant of fertility: sexual frequency. We use the National Survey of Families and Households to examine the relationship between sexual frequency of parents and the sexual frequency of children when adults. We link parental sexual frequency in 1987/1988, when children were ages 5-18, to the sexual frequency of the children in 2001-2003 when these grown children were ages 18-34. We find a modest, yet significant association, between parental and adult children sexual frequency. A mechanism behind this association appears to be the higher likelihood of being in a union among children of parents with high sexual frequency.
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- Scott T. Yabiku
- Department of Sociology & Criminology, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Department of Sociology & Criminology, The Pennsylvania State University
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Diverse pathways in young Italians’ entrance into sexual life: The association with gender and birth cohort. DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.4054/demres.2022.46.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Tseng YH, Hou WL, Kuo SH, Liu YH, Wang HL, Hsiao RC, Chou FH, Yen CF. Gender Differences in How Parents, Peers, and Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials Influence the Intention to Engage in Casual Sex among Adolescents and Young Adults in Taiwan: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph182413089. [PMID: 34948697 PMCID: PMC8701317 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182413089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aims of this study were to examine gender differences in how parent-child discussions on sex issues, peer interactions around sexual issues, and exposure to sexually explicit materials affect the intention to engage in casual sex among adolescents and young adults in Taiwan. This cross-sectional survey study recruited 767 participants (348 men and 419 women) aged 15-24 years. The survey collected data on participants' intention to engage in casual sex, their attitude toward and perception of casual sex based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) (favorable attitude, perceiving positive social norms toward casual sex, and perceived control over involvement), parent-child and peer discussions about sexual issues, and exposure to sexually explicit materials. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that parent-child discussions on sex issues, peer interactions around sexual issues, and exposure to sexually explicit materials were significantly associated with the intention to engage in casual sex. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) further supported that favorable attitude, perceiving positive social norms toward casual sex, and control over involvement mediated the associations. For men, decreased favorable attitude mediated the negative association between parent-child discussions and casual sex intention; increased favorable attitudes and decreased control over involvement mediated the positive associations between peer interactions and casual sex intention. For women, decreased control over involvement mediated the positive association between exposure to sexually explicit materials and casual sex intention. The associations between peer interaction and subjective norms of acceptance, perceived control over involvement, and casual sex intention were stronger in men than in women; the association of favorable attitudes with casual sex intention was also stronger in men than in women.
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- Ying-Hua Tseng
- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; (Y.-H.T.); (W.-L.H.)
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- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; (Y.-H.T.); (W.-L.H.)
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- School of Nursing, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung 83102, Taiwan; (S.-H.K.); (Y.-H.L.); (H.-L.W.)
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- School of Nursing, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung 83102, Taiwan; (S.-H.K.); (Y.-H.L.); (H.-L.W.)
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- School of Nursing, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung 83102, Taiwan; (S.-H.K.); (Y.-H.L.); (H.-L.W.)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;
- Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; (Y.-H.T.); (W.-L.H.)
- Correspondence: (F.-H.C.); (C.-F.Y.); Tel.: +886-7-3121101-2602 (F.-H.C.); +886-7-3121101-6822 (C.-F.Y.); Fax: +886-7-3218364 (F.-H.C.); +886-7-3134761 (C.-F.Y.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan
- College of Professional Studies, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (F.-H.C.); (C.-F.Y.); Tel.: +886-7-3121101-2602 (F.-H.C.); +886-7-3121101-6822 (C.-F.Y.); Fax: +886-7-3218364 (F.-H.C.); +886-7-3134761 (C.-F.Y.)
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This study examines family context and sexual debut among young people in China. Using data from the 2018 Panel Study of Chinese University Students (PSCUS), it explores how the family is correlated with sexual debut among young people in China aged 18-24 years. The Kaplan-Meier method was adopted to detect a survival function for different family factors and related demographic variables. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was adopted to calculate hazard ratios for the timing of sexual debut. The average age of sexual debut among the college students was 18.39 years. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that sexual intercourse initiation was earlier for female students who had no siblings, and those who had a mother with senior high school (including technical school) education or higher family income, but this correlation was insignificant among male students. The multivariate hazard regression analysis revealed that living in a family with a higher level of fathers' education, having a lower level of family income and having siblings had positive correlations with later sexual debut among the college students. Moreover, family factors showed gender differences in their associations with the timing of sexual debut, typically parent's education level, family income and left-behind experience. This study provides a comprehensive perspective on the role of family influences in timing of sexual debut among youth in China.
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Grossman JM, Black AC, Richer AM. Combination of parent-child closeness and parent disapproval of teen sex predicts lower rates of sexual risk for offspring. JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES 2020; 41:1834-1858. [PMID: 35756889 PMCID: PMC9231644 DOI: 10.1177/0192513x19898515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Effective parenting processes during offspring's adolescence can reduce sexual risk behavior for those offspring in emerging adulthood. Few studies consider how mothers' and fathers' parenting processes cluster together and predict emerging adults' risky sexual behavior. In this study, we used latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify patterns of teens' perceptions of their residential mothers' and fathers' closeness, disapproval of teen sex, monitoring/presence at home and communication. Using data from waves one and three of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we identified four parenting classes: high disapproval/high closeness (54%), high disapproval/low closeness (7%), low disapproval/high closeness (15%) and moderate disapproval/high closeness (24%). Emerging adults within the high disapproval/high closeness class had lower rates of sexual risk behavior than other classes. These findings show benefits of authoritative parenting styles, and suggest parenting processes should be considered in combination, rather than as independent predictors of risk outcomes.
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Zhang X, Sassler S. The Age of Independence, Revisited: Parents and Interracial Union Formation Across the Life Course 1. SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM (RANDOLPH, N.J.) 2019; 34:361-385. [PMID: 31631938 PMCID: PMC6801113 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Romantic relationships that cross racial lines have grown since anti-miscegenation laws were deemed unconstitutional. In The Age of Independence, Rosenfeld argued that parental influence over children's mate selection processes had waned. Rosenfeld, however, was not able to test this supposition directly because of his reliance on cross-sectional census data. Using Waves I and III of Add Health for a cohort of individuals from 1994 to 2002, we examine whether parents matter in shaping their offspring's romantic attachments, by exploring whether adolescent reports of maternal closeness and parental control are associated with youth's likelihood of being in an interracial relationship in emerging adulthood. We find that parental factors do influence emerging adults' romantic relationships; these associations vary by race, ethnicity, and gender. Among white men, maternal closeness in adolescence reduces the likelihood of being in an interracial relationship in emerging adulthood. Parental control elevates the odds of being in an interracial relationship among black and Hispanic women. We also find that parental decisions on where families live shape offspring's choices, as relative exogamous group size in adolescence is associated with interracial union formation in later life. Our findings suggest that parental influence remains salient in the partner choices made by emerging adults.
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- Xing Zhang
- School of Medicine and Public Health and Center for Demography and Ecology, 610 Walnut Street, Room 667, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53726;
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- Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Room 1032A, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850;
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Maranhão TA, Gomes KRO, Oliveira DCD, Moita JM. Impact of first sexual intercourse on the sexual and reproductive life of young people in a capital city of the Brazilian Northeast. CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA 2017; 22:4083-4094. [PMID: 29267725 DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320172212.16232015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study aimed to analyze the repercussion of first sexual intercourse on the number of pregnancies and partners of teenagers with obstetric history in Teresina (PI), Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study with 464 young women selected by accidental sampling who gave birth at 15-19 years of age in the first four months of 2006 in six maternity hospitals of the municipality. Primary data was collected from May to December 2008 at the participants' homes after tracking them in the hospital medical records. The univariate and bivariate analysis were performed by descriptive statistics and Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Test or T-test, respectively. Tukey's post hoc test was used as post hoc test and significant variables on the bivariate analysis (p < 0.05) were also included in the multifactor analysis of variance model. Schooling (p < 0,001) and menarche's age (p < 0,001) influenced the age of first sexual intercourse and this, in turn, showed significant negative correlation (p < 0.01) with the number of partners and pregnancies of young women. Thus, the earlier the young women start sexual activity, the higher the number of pregnancies and sexual partners until the moment of their reproductive life. Thus, early first sexual intercourse had a negative repercussion on these variables.
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- Thatiana Araújo Maranhão
- Curso de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual do Piauí. Av. Nossa Senhora de Fátima S/N, Bairro de Fátima. 64202-220 Parnaíba PI Brasil.
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Nogueira Avelar E Silva R, van de Bongardt D, van de Looij-Jansen P, Wijtzes A, Raat H. Mother- and Father-Adolescent Relationships and Early Sexual Intercourse. Pediatrics 2016; 138:peds.2016-0782. [PMID: 27940677 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-0782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the prospective associations between mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality and early sexual intercourse initiation (ie, ≤16 years) among a large sample of Dutch adolescents. METHODS Two waves of data from the Rotterdam Youth Monitor, a longitudinal study in the Netherlands, were used. The analysis sample consisted of 2931 adolescents aged 12 to 16 years (Meanage@T1 = 12.5 years, SD = 0.61; Meanage@T2 = 14.3 years, SD = 0.60). Variables were assessed by means of self-report questionnaires. Prospective associations between mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationships and early sexual initiation were assessed by logistic regression analyses, stratified by gender, controlling for various potential confounders. RESULTS We found that only girls (not boys) having a higher-quality relationship with mothers were significantly less likely to have initiated early sexual intercourse between T1 and T2. Bivariate findings showed that both girls and boys having a higher-quality relationship with their father at T1 were significantly less likely to have engaged in early sexual intercourse between T1 and T2, but when assessed multivariately, these associations were no longer significant, neither for boys nor for girls. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that a higher-quality relationship between adolescents and their parents, especially between mothers and daughters, may help to protect against early sexual initiation. Pediatricians and other health care professionals should be able to explain to parents that early sexual intercourse initiation can be associated with negative health outcomes, but that parents can play an important role in promoting healthy sexual behaviors.
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- Research Institute of Child Development and Education (research priority area YIELD), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Research and Business Intelligence, Municipality of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and
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- Department of Kinesiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Samari G, Seltzer JA. Risky sexual behavior of foreign and native-born women in emerging adulthood: The long reach of mother-daughter relationships in adolescence. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 2016; 60:222-235. [PMID: 27712681 PMCID: PMC5116325 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2014] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Parents' influence on young adult sexual behavior receives little attention compared to influence on adolescent behavior. Yet effective parenting should have lasting effects. Even fewer studies examine parents' influence on sexual behavior of both foreign and native-born young adults. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) Waves I (1994-95) and III (2001-02), we examine longitudinal associations among mother-daughter relationship quality and nativity during adolescence and young adults' risky sexual behaviors of condom use at last intercourse, number of sexual partners, and STI diagnoses (N = 4460). Women, 18-26 years old, who had good mother-adolescent daughter relationships have fewer partners and STIs in the past year. Second generation women have worse mother-adolescent daughter relationships, compared to third generation. Relationship quality does not explain associations between nativity and risky behavior. Lasting associations between relationship quality and risk behaviors suggest that reproductive health interventions should enhance mother-adolescent relationships.
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- Goleen Samari
- Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, United States.
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- Department of Sociology and California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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Dittus PJ, Michael SL, Becasen JS, Gloppen KM, McCarthy K, Guilamo-Ramos V. Parental Monitoring and Its Associations With Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics 2015; 136:e1587-99. [PMID: 26620067 PMCID: PMC5513153 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-0305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Increasingly, health care providers are using approaches targeting parents in an effort to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Research is needed to elucidate areas in which providers can target adolescents and parents effectively. Parental monitoring offers one such opportunity, given consistent protective associations with adolescent sexual risk behavior. However, less is known about which components of monitoring are most effective and most suitable for provider-initiated family-based interventions. OBJECTIVE We performed a meta-analysis to assess the magnitude of association between parental monitoring and adolescent sexual intercourse, condom use, and contraceptive use. DATA SOURCES We conducted searches of Medline, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycInfo, Cochrane, the Education Resources Information Center, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Proquest, and Google Scholar. STUDY SELECTION We selected studies published from 1984 to 2014 that were written in English, included adolescents, and examined relationships between parental monitoring and sexual behavior. DATA EXTRACTION We extracted effect size data to calculate pooled odds ratios (ORs) by using a mixed-effects model. RESULTS Higher overall monitoring (pooled OR, 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.69-0.80), monitoring knowledge (pooled OR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.73-0.90), and rule enforcement (pooled OR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.59-0.75) were associated with delayed sexual intercourse. Higher overall monitoring (pooled OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.01-1.24) and monitoring knowledge (pooled OR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.01-1.31) were associated with greater condom use. Finally, higher overall monitoring was associated with increased contraceptive use (pooled OR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.09-1.86), as was monitoring knowledge (pooled OR, 2.27; 95% CI, 1.42-3.63). LIMITATIONS Effect sizes were not uniform across studies, and most studies were cross-sectional. CONCLUSIONS Provider-initiated family-based interventions focused on parental monitoring represent a novel mechanism for enhancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
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- Patricia J. Dittus
- Divisions of STD Prevention, and,Address correspondence to Patricia J. Dittus, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS E-44, Atlanta, GA 30333. E-mail:
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- Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and
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- Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health, and,Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, New York
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Livingston JA, Testa M, Windle M, Bay-Cheng LY. Sexual risk at first coitus: Does alcohol make a difference? J Adolesc 2015; 43:148-58. [PMID: 26121927 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2014] [Revised: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study examines whether use of alcohol at first coitus is associated with increased sexual risk for young women. First coitus is the focus of the investigation because it is a memorable, formative experience that has implications for subsequent sexual health. A community sample of young women ages 18-19 years (N = 227) completed retrospective interviews. Characteristics and perceptions of the first coital event were examined using chi squares and one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to determine if there were differences based on alcohol-involvement. Alcohol-involved first coitus events occurred in social settings with risky partners, were rated less positively, and were non-consensual relative to those that did not involve alcohol. Alcohol use was not related to condom use. Alcohol-involvement was associated with subsequent pairing of alcohol with sex and incapacitated rape. Adolescent alcohol use occurs in contexts that increases young women's sexual risk through exposure to risky partners.
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- Jennifer A Livingston
- Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States.
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- Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1021 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, 685 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
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Monitoring knowledge among family, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual partnership characteristics of African American adolescent females. Sex Transm Dis 2015; 41:601-4. [PMID: 25211255 DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Among 284 African American girls aged 14 to 17 years, frequent family monitoring knowledge was associated with a reduced likelihood of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and having a casual sex partner but was not associated with other partnership characteristics. Family monitoring may offer an additional STI prevention opportunity for this vulnerable population.
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Lyons HA, Manning WD, Longmore MA, Giordano PC. Gender and casual sexual activity from adolescence to emerging adulthood: social and life course correlates. JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH 2014; 52:543-57. [PMID: 24992285 PMCID: PMC4494681 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2014.906032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The prevalence of casual sexual activity among teens and emerging adults has led to much public attention. Yet limited research has investigated whether the number of casual sexual partners per year changes as heterosexual men and women transition from adolescence into emerging adulthood. We considered the influence of social context and life course factors on the number of casual sex partners. We examined four waves of interviews from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) and used negative binomial growth curve models to investigate patterns of change in the number of casual sex partners (N = 1,196) ages 15 to 22. Men and women both reported increases in the number of casual sex partners over time and did not differ from each other in the rate of change over time. In all, 40% of respondents reported a recent casual sex partner at age 22. Number of prior dating relationships, education status, substance use, and perceptions of peer sexual behavior significantly influenced the number of casual sex partners. Emerging adults who did not complete high school, compared to those enrolled in four-year degree programs, reported significantly more partners. The findings contribute to research on intimate relationships and provide insights for programs targeting emerging adults.
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- Heidi A Lyons
- a Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice , Oakland University
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Smith ML, Wilson K, Menn M, Pulczinski JC. Correlates of high school freshman girls' reported reasons for engaging in sexual intercourse. THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH 2014; 84:363-369. [PMID: 24749918 DOI: 10.1111/josh.12162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intrapersonal and external factors, including social pressures and the desire for acceptance from peers, influence sexual activity among adolescents. This study examined how personal characteristics, risky behaviors, normative beliefs, household factors, and engagement in extracurricular activities were related to high school freshman girls' reported reasons for having sexual intercourse. METHODS Baseline data were analyzed from 158 girls enrolled in high school-based abstinence-only-until-marriage education programs during their freshman year. Binary logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with Pressures and Reasons for Engaging in Sex Scale (PRESS) scores. RESULTS Results indicate that girls with high PRESS scores were significantly more likely to have had sex (OR = 4.29), consumed alcohol within the previous year (OR = 6.13), reported strict household rules (OR = 1.49), and thought more girls their age had sex (OR = 1.67). CONCLUSION School- and family-based interventions should be developed to encourage and strengthen parent-teen communication within the household and reinforce self-worth and positive self-perceptions among adolescent girls.
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- Matthew Lee Smith
- Assistant Professor, , Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, 330 River Road, 315 Ramsey Center, Athens, GA 30602; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, TAMU 1266, College Station, TX 77843
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Mustanski B, Byck GR, Newcomb ME, Henry D, Bolland J, Dick D. HIV information and behavioral skills moderate the effects of relationship type and substance use on HIV risk behaviors among African American youth. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2013; 27:342-51. [PMID: 23701198 DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic is disproportionately impacting young African Americans. Efforts to understand and address risk factors for unprotected sex in this population are critical in improving prevention efforts. Situational risk factors, such as relationship type and substance use before sex, are in need of further study. This study explored how established cognitive predictors of risky sexual behavior moderated the association between situational factors and unprotected sex among low-income, African American adolescents. The largest main effect on the number of unprotected sex acts was classifying the relationship as serious (event rate ratio=10.18); other significant main effects were alcohol use before sex, participant age, behavioral skills, and level of motivation. HIV information moderated the effect of partner age difference, motivation moderated the effects of partner age difference and drug use before sex, and behavioral skills moderated the effects of alcohol and drug use before sex. This novel, partnership-level approach provides insight into the complex interactions of situational and cognitive factors in sexual risk taking.
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- Brian Mustanski
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Institute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Psychiatry, Richmond, Virginia
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Kalina O, Madarasova Geckova A, Klein D, Jarcuska P, Orosova O, van Dijk JP, Reijneveld SA. Mother's and father's monitoring is more important than parental social support regarding sexual risk behaviour among 15-year-old adolescents. EUR J CONTRACEP REPR 2013; 18:95-103. [PMID: 23286200 DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2012.752450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There is strong evidence that parental processes such as monitoring and social support play an important role with regard to sexual risk behaviour among adolescents. We wished to explore the influence of both parents' monitoring and support on sexual risk behaviour among adolescent boys and girls. METHODS Questionnaires concerning sexual risk behaviour, parental support and parental monitoring were administered to 15-year-old students (n = 1343; 628 boys). Crude and adjusted logistic regression models were used to explore the effect of parents' monitoring and support on sexual risk behaviour among adolescent boys and girls. RESULTS Parental monitoring was more strongly associated with sexual risk behaviour than parental social support. In particular, less monitoring by the father was significantly linked to early first sexual intercourse among girls and to not using a condom during last intercourse among boys. Less monitoring by the mother was associated only with not using a condom at last intercourse among boys. CONCLUSION Parental monitoring, even more than parental support, may delay the onset of sexual activity and increase the frequency of condom use among adolescents. The effects of mothers' and fathers' parenting processes on sexual risk behaviour of adolescents differ. Paternal monitoring affects condom use among boys, and initiation of sexual activity in girls.
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- Ondrej Kalina
- Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia
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