Race/Ethnic Differences in Effects of Family Instability on Adolescents' Risk Behavior
Race/Ethnic Differences in Effects of Family Instability on Adolescents' Risk Behavior
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00696.x
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
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6
通讯作者：
Sennott, Christie A.
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作者：
Fomby, Paula;Mollborn, Stefanie;Sennott, Christie A.
我们使用来自国家青少年健康纵向研究（N = 7,686）的数据，以确定社会经济压力和社会保障的种族和民族差异是否解释了家庭结构不稳定与白色、黑人和墨西哥裔美国青少年三种风险行为（犯罪行为、首次非婚性行为年龄和首次非婚生育年龄）之间关联的群体差异。社会保障减弱了母亲的工会过渡和每个结果之间的正相关性为白色青少年。第一次性行为和第一次非婚生育的不稳定性与年龄的关联较弱的黑人青少年，但不是墨西哥裔美国青少年。较弱的关联被解释为黑人青少年在工会不稳定的背景下更频繁地暴露于社会经济压力。
We used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 7,686) to determine whether racial and ethnic differences in socioeconomic stress and social protection explained group differences in the association between family structure instability and three risk behaviors for White, Black, and Mexican American adolescents: delinquent behavior, age at first nonmarital sex, and age at first nonmarital birth. The positive association between mothers' union transitions and each outcome for White adolescents was attenuated by social protection. The association of instability with age at first sex and first nonmarital birth was weaker for Black adolescents but not for Mexican American adolescents. The weaker association was explained by Black adolescents' more frequent exposure to socioeconomic stress in the context of union instability.