Linking self-regulation and risk proneness to risky sexual behavior: Pathways through peer pressure and early substance use
Linking self-regulation and risk proneness to risky sexual behavior: Pathways through peer pressure and early substance use
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-7795.2006.00505.x
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Shen, Yuh-Ling
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作者：
Crockett, Lisa J.;Raffaelli, Marcela;Shen, Yuh-Ling
在全国青少年纵向调查的一组儿童（N=518）中，研究了童年时期的自我调节、青春期早期的风险倾向和青春期中期的危险性行为之间的联系。两个早期青少年变量（物质使用和负同伴压力）可能的中介作用也进行了检查。在8-9岁时通过母亲报告评估自我调节能力，在12-13岁时通过青少年自我报告评估风险倾向，包括感觉寻求和决策方面。预测16-17岁青少年危险性行为的结构方程模型表明，自我调节部分通过青少年早期物质使用起作用，而风险倾向则通过青少年早期物质使用和负同伴压力起作用。尽管在特定路径的强度上存在性别差异，但男孩和女孩的整体模型并没有显著差异。这些长期的纵向研究结果支持了早期自我调节和风险倾向在为青少年性冒险行为奠定基础方面的重要性，并暗示物质使用和负面同伴压力是风险倾向和自我调节不良导致危险性行为的过程。
The linkages between self-regulation in childhood, risk proneness in early adolescence, and risky sexual behavior in mid-adolescence were examined in a cohort of children (N=518) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The possible mediating role of two early adolescent variables (substance use and negative peer pressure) was also examined. Self-regulation was assessed by maternal report at ages 8-9, and risk proneness, comprising aspects of sensation seeking and decision making, was assessed by adolescent self-report at ages 12-13. Structural equation models predicting risky sexual behavior at ages 16-17 indicated that self-regulation operated partly through early adolescent substance use, whereas risk proneness operated through early adolescent substance use and negative peer pressure. The overall model did not differ significantly for boys and girls, although there were gender differences in the strength of particular paths. These long-term longitudinal results support the importance of early self-regulation and risk proneness in setting the stage for adolescent sexual risk taking and implicate substance use and negative peer pressure as processes through which risk proneness and poor self-regulation lead to risky sexual behavior.