African American Adolescent Females' Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety, Familial Strategies, and Sexual Debut
African American Adolescent Females' Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety, Familial Strategies, and Sexual Debut
复制标题
DOI:
10.1080/15427609.2012.654430
复制
发表时间:
2012-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Harper, Gary W.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Choby, Alexandra A.;Dolcini, M. Margaret;Harper, Gary W.
Sexual debut represents a developmental transition that holds possibility for growth and for risk. Family and neighborhood may impact timing of debut. This qualitative study examined family strategies (e. g., moving, parental monitoring), perceptions of neighborhood, and attitudes about sex and sexual debut among sexually experienced and inexperienced African American adolescent females living in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods. Findings show that more familial strategies were reported by sexually inexperienced females, suggesting that strategies may delay sexual debut. Furthermore, experiences with neighborhood violence related to attitudes about sex and sexual debut, suggesting a linkage between death anxiety and sexual debut among female youth.