Community Violence Exposure and Sexual Behaviors in a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults: The Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Gender.
Community Violence Exposure and Sexual Behaviors in a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults: The Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Gender.
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全国代表性年轻人样本中的社区暴力暴露和性行为：种族/民族和性别的影响。
DOI：
10.1080/01488376.2014.987941
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Jacobson,KristenC
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作者：
Voisin,DexterR;Chen,Pan;Fullilove,Robert;Jacobson,KristenC
这项研究调查了在全国具有代表性的年轻人样本中，暴露于社区暴力是否与性风险行为有关，以及这些关系中是否存在性别或种族/民族差异。本研究的分析样本来自全国青少年健康纵向研究，由7,726名年龄在18至27岁之间的未婚、异性恋的非裔美国人、高加索人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔年轻人组成。大约12%的参与者报告了一些社区暴力的暴露，其中男性和非洲裔美国人报告的这种暴露率最高。控制年龄、性别、父母教育程度和家庭结构的回归分析表明，暴露于社区暴力与较早的初次性行为史、前12个月内较高的性伴侣数量和较高的性伴侣总数有关。此外，暴力暴露对男性的影响更强，对非裔美国人的影响更弱。一级和二级性风险预防举措需要考虑性风险行为的模式如何与社区暴力的暴露相关，以及这种关系如何因性别和种族/民族而不同。未来的研究还应寻求阐明连接这两个主要公共卫生问题的途径。
This study examined whether exposure to community violence was related to sexual risk behaviors in a nationally representative sample of young adults and if there were gender or racial/ethnic differences in these relationships. The analytic sample for this study was drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and was composed of 7,726 unmarried, heterosexual African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic/Latino young adults aged 18 to 27 years old. Approximately 12% of participants reported some community violence exposures, with men and African Americans reporting the highest rates of such exposures. Regression analyses controlling for age, gender, parental education, and family structure indicated that exposures to community violence were associated with earlier sexual debut history, a higher number of sexual partners within the previous 12 months, and a higher number of total sexual partners. Additionally, violence exposures had stronger effects for males and weaker effects for African Americans. Primary and secondary sexual risk prevention initiatives would need to consider how patterns of sexual risk behaviors may be related to exposure to community violence and how such relationships may differ based on gender and race/ethnicity. Future research should also seek to illuminate pathways connecting these 2 major public health concerns.