Does father absence place daughters at special risk for early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy?
Does father absence place daughters at special risk for early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy?
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00569
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发表时间：
2003-05-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Woodward, L
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作者：
Ellis, BJ;Bates, JE;Woodward, L
在美国（N = 242）和新西兰（N = 520）的纵向研究中，父亲缺席对早期性活动和少女怀孕的影响进行了调查，其中社区样本的女孩从生命早期（5岁）到大约18岁。父亲不在身边的时间越长，发生早性行为和少女怀孕的风险就越高。这种风险要么无法解释（在美国的研究中），要么只能部分解释（在新西兰的研究中）与父亲不在身边相关的家庭、生态和个人劣势。在控制了协变量之后，有更有力、更一致的证据表明，父亲缺席对早期性活动和少女怀孕的影响，比对其他行为、心理健康问题或学业成就的影响更大。从生命历程逆境、进化心理学、社会学习和行为遗传模型等方面探讨了父亲缺失的影响。
The impact of father absence on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy was investigated in longitudinal studies in the United States (N = 242) and New Zealand (N = 520), in which community samples of girls were followed prospectively from early in life (5 years) to approximately age 18. Greater exposure to father absence was strongly associated with elevated risk for early sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy This elevated risk was either not explained (in the U.S. study) or only partly explained (in the New Zealand study) by familial, ecological, and personal disadvantages associated with father absence. After controlling for covariates, there was stronger and more consistent evidence of effects of father absence on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy than on other behavioral or mental health problems or academic achievement. Effects of father absence are discussed in terms of life-course adversity, evolutionary psychology, social learning, and behavior genetic models.