An experimental test of the Bridges to High School intervention on harsh parenting and early age intercourse among Mexican American adolescents.
An experimental test of the Bridges to High School intervention on harsh parenting and early age intercourse among Mexican American adolescents.
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对“通往高中的桥梁”干预措施对墨西哥裔美国青少年严厉养育和早年性行为进行的实验测试。
DOI：
10.1037/cdp0000131
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Wheeler,LoreyA
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作者：
Germán,Miguelina;Gonzales,NancyA;West,StephenG;Wheeler,LoreyA
目的不包含性或避孕内容的干预措施能降低墨西哥裔美国青少年的早期性行为发生率吗？本研究调查了部分为减少严厉的父母教养而设计的通往高中的桥梁干预是否对治疗组与对照组的早期性交率的下降具有纵向影响，以及性别和语言文化适应的调节作用。方法样本包括516名墨西哥裔美国青少年(男性=12.31岁，50.8%为女性)及其母亲，他们参加了一项随机的干预试验。一系列纵向的冥想路径模型被用来检验干预对严厉的父母养育方式和早期性行为的影响。结果我们的发现表明，与对照组相比，参与治疗组通过减少母亲严厉的父母养育方式间接地降低了早期性行为的可能性。调解测试意义重大。这些发现在性别和语言文化上没有差异。结论结果表明，通过减少母亲严厉的父母教养，通往高中的桥梁干预成功地减少了墨西哥裔美国青少年的早期性行为。这一发现与积极的青年发展计划是一致的，这些计划被发现对青少年的性行为具有广泛的、有时是无针对性的影响。
ObjectiveCan an intervention that contained no content on sex or contraception reduce rates of early-age intercourse among Mexican American adolescents? The current study examined whether the Bridges to High School intervention designed, in part, to decrease harsh parenting, had a longitudinal effect on decreasing rates of early-age intercourse in the treatment versus control groups, as well as the moderating role of gender and linguistic acculturation.MethodThe sample consisted of 516 Mexican American adolescents (M age= 12.31 years; 50.8% female) and their mothers who participated in a randomized, intervention trial. A series of longitudinal, meditational path models were used to examine the effects of the intervention on harsh parenting practices and early-age intercourse.ResultsOur findings revealed that participation in the treatment versus control group was indirectly linked to a lower likelihood of early-age intercourse through decreased maternal harsh parenting. Tests of mediation were significant. These findings did not vary across gender and linguistic acculturation.ConclusionResults suggest that the Bridges to High School intervention successfully decreased early-age intercourse among Mexican American adolescents through reduced harsh parenting among mothers. This finding is consistent with positive youth development programs that have been found to have broad, and sometimes nontargeted, effects on adolescent sexual behaviors.