ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR: FAMILY AND NON-FAMILY INFLUENCES

我们请求支持继续进行以前资助的项目 历时14个月的环境病因研究 青少年性行为和越轨行为 我们使用了高质量的数据， 一个概念框架，将共同的和独特的环境 影响，以及与数据和 概念框架。 我们的总体方法包括 构建反映不同共享的青少年对 环境：兄弟姐妹、同学和朋友。 最强 我们得到的结果是兄弟姐妹，对于他们，我们已经表明， 影响力和相似性。 在我们以前的工作中，我们注意到一些 我们的数据中的缺陷--包括缺乏普遍性， 样本量和偏差测量的限制。 在这项研究的建议继续，我们计划将 我们对ADSEX数据所做的工作，以及对 全国青年纵向调查（NLSY）数据集，一个全国性的 包括数千个兄弟姐妹的家庭的概率样本 数据集中的对。 性行为的衡量标准（弱于 在ADSEX数据）和偏差的措施（强于那些 在ADSEX数据中）包括在NLSY数据中。 此外，我们还开发了传染病的“流行病”模型， 性行为、吸烟和饮酒的传播。 另一 目的是探索它们作为“传播”解释的有用性。 青少年的社会行为。 这个项目的长期目标与我们最初的建议一样： 更全面地了解环境 对青少年性行为和越轨行为的影响。 等 理解将有助于确定适当的领域， 青少年性行为和青少年怀孕研究和方案 应该得到解决。

We request support for continuation of a previously funded project lasting 14 months searching for environmental etiologies of adolescent sexuality and deviance. We have used high-quality data, a conceptual framework separating common and unique environmental influences, and analyses that link to both the data and the conceptual framework. Our general approach has involved constructing adolescent pairs that reflect different shared environments: siblings, classmates, and friends. The strongest results we obtained were for siblings, for whom we have shown influence and similarity for both sexuality and deviance. During the course of our previous work, we have noted some deficiencies in our data -- including lack of generality, small sample sizes, and limitations in the measures of deviance. In the proposed continuation of this research, we plan to link the work we have done on the ADSEX data with additional analyses of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) dataset, a national probability sample of households that includes thousands of sibling pairs within the dataset. Measures of sexuality (weaker than those in the ADSEX data) and measures of deviance (stronger than those in the ADSEX data) are included in the NLSY data. In addition, we have developed contagious, "epidemic" models of the transmission of onset of sexuality, smoking, and drinking. Another goal is to explore their usefulness as explanations of the "spread" of social behaviors among adolescents. The long-range goal of this project is as in our original proposal: To develop a more complete understanding of the environmental influences on adolescent sexual and deviant behavior. Such understanding will help identify the appropriate arenas to which adolescent sexuality and adolescent pregnancy research and programs should be addressed.