Effects of a parent-child communications intervention on young adolescents' risk for early onset of sexual intercourse
Effects of a parent-child communications intervention on young adolescents' risk for early onset of sexual intercourse
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10.2307/2673750
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2001-03-01
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Calabrese, JM
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Blake, SM;Simkin, L;Calabrese, JM
背景：关于性和性行为的亲子沟通的质量似乎是青少年性行为的一个强有力的决定因素。对旨在改善这种沟通的干预措施进行评估，有助于确定预防早发性行为发生的策略。方法：对351名中学生实施仅限欲学校课程，他们被随机分配接受单独的课堂教学和由学生及其家长设计的5项家庭作业强化的课堂教学。结果：在基线分数的协方差控制分析中，在干预后即刻，接受强化课程的青少年在拒绝高危行为方面的自我效能感高于只接受课堂教学的青少年(平均分)。16.8比15.8)。他们还报告说，在高中毕业前发生性行为的意向较少(0.4比0.5)，关于预防(1.6比1.0)和性后果(1.6比1.1)的亲子交流更频繁。在所有有意义的比较中，研究结果的方向都有利于接受强化课程的青少年。剂量-反应关系支持这一发现。结论：旨在加强和支持校本预防课程的亲子家庭作业可以对中学青少年性行为的几个关键决定因素产生直接影响。
Context: The quality of parent-child communications about sex and sexuality appears to be a strong determinant of adolescents' sexual behavior. Evaluations of interventions aimed at improving such communications can help identify strategies for preventing early onset of sexual behavior.Methods: A school-based abstinence-only curriculum was implemented among 351 middle school students, who were randomly assigned to receive either the classroom instruction alone or the classroom instruction enhanced by five homework assignments designed to be completed by the students and their parents. An experimental design involving pretest and posttest surveys was used to assess the relative efficacy of the curriculum delivered with and without the parent-child homework assignments.Results: In analyses of covariance controlling for baseline scores, immediately after the intervention, adolescents who received the enhanced curriculum reported greater self-efficacy for refusing high-risk behaviors than did those who received the classroom instruction only (mean scores. 16.8 vs. 15.8). They also reported less intention to have sex before finishing high school (0.4 vs. 0.5), and more frequent parent-child communications about prevention (1.6 vs. 1.0) and sexual consequences (1.6 vs. 1.1). In all significant comparisons, the direction of the findings favored adolescents who received the enhanced curriculum. Dose-response relationships supported the findings.Conclusions: Parent-child homework assignments designed to reinforce and support school-based prevention curricula can have an immediate impact on several key determinants of sexual behavior among middle school adolescents.