Adolescent sexual behavior in two ethnic minority samples: The role of family variables
Adolescent sexual behavior in two ethnic minority samples: The role of family variables
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DOI：
10.2307/353885
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发表时间：
1999-02-01
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6
通讯作者：
Kotchick, BA
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作者：
Miller, KS;Forehand, R;Kotchick, BA
本研究考察了来自阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利、纽约市和波多黎各圣胡安的 907 个黑人和西班牙裔家庭的家庭结构变量（家庭收入、父母教育和母亲婚姻状况）和过程变量（母亲监测、母亲与青少年的一般沟通、母亲与青少年的性沟通以及母亲对青少年性行为的态度）作为青少年性行为和性行为风险指数的预测因子。研究结果表明，家庭结构变量无法预测青少年性行为。相比之下，三个家庭过程变量中的每一个都预测了青少年性行为和性行为引起的风险的多个指标：青少年性别和种族都不符合这一发现。三个地点之间以及家庭过程变量的报告者（青少年或母亲）确实出现了差异。
This study examined family structural variables (family income, parental education, and maternal marital status) and process variables (maternal monitoring, mother-adolescent general communication, mother-adolescent sexual communication, and maternal attitudes about adolescent sexual behavior) as predictors of indices of adolescent sexual behavior and risk due to sexual behavior in 907 Black and Hispanic families from Montgomery, Alabama, New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The findings indicated that family structure variables failed to predict adolescent sexual behavior. In contrast, each of three family-process variables predicted multiple indices of adolescent sexual behavior and risk due to sexual behavior: Neither adolescent gender nor ethnicity qualified the findings. Differences did emerge among the three locations and by reporter (adolescent or mother) of the family process variables.