Relationships of parental monitoring and emotion regulation with early adolescents' sexual behaviors.
Relationships of parental monitoring and emotion regulation with early adolescents' sexual behaviors.
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10.1097/dbp.0000000000000160
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2015-06
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Senocak N
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Hadley W;Houck CD;Barker D;Senocak N
The purpose of the current study was to examine the moderating influence of parental monitoring (e.g., unsupervised time with opposite sex peers) and adolescent emotional competence on sexual behaviors, among a sample of at-risk early adolescents. The current study included 376 seventh grade adolescents (ages 12-14) with behavioral or emotional difficulties. Questionnaires were completed on private laptop computers and assessed adolescent Emotional Competence (including Regulation and Negativity/Lability), Unsupervised Time, and a range of Sexual Behaviors. Generalized linear models were used to evaluate the independent and combined influence of Emotional Competency and Unsupervised Time on adolescent report of Sexual Behaviors. Analyses were stratified by gender to account for the notable gender differences in the targeted moderators and outcome variables. Findings indicated that more unsupervised time was a risk factor for all youth, but was influenced by an adolescent’s ability to regulate their emotions. Specifically, for males and females, poorer Emotion Regulation and was associated with having engaged in a greater variety of Sexual Behaviors. However, lower Negativity/Lability and > 1X per week Unsupervised Time were associated with a higher number of sexual behaviors among females only. Based on the current study findings, a lack of parental supervision appears to be particularly problematic for both male and female adolescents with poor emotion regulation abilities. It may be important to impact both emotion regulation abilities and increase parental knowledge and skills associated with effective monitoring to reduce risk taking for these youth.
