Youth Mental Health, Family, and Risky Behavior

描述：本研究的主要目的是检验精神科青少年在性与艾滋病相关话题上的亲子沟通质量与伴侣协商态度和危险性行为之间的关系模型。对青少年和他们的看护人之间的互动录像进行编码，可以评估亲子交流的质量。研究者将通过青少年自我报告来测量伴侣协商态度和危险性行为。本研究的独特之处在于：(1)使用观察到的亲子互动来评估性与艾滋病相关话题的沟通；(2)研究这些与精神治疗青少年的关系；(3)检验一个实证和理论驱动的模型，将亲子沟通、伴侣谈判态度和危险的性行为联系起来。研究结果将加强对有精神问题的青少年中父母沟通与安全性行为之间关系的理解，并将有助于发展以家庭为重点的干预措施，以减少精神科护理青少年的艾滋病毒风险行为，这些青少年特别有可能从事高风险的性行为。

DESCRIPTION: The primary aim of this study is to test a model linking the quality of parent-teen communication about sex- and AIDS-related topics to partner negotiation attitudes and risky sexual behavior among youth in psychiatric care. Coding videotaped interactions between youth and their caretakers will assess the quality of parent-teen communication. The investigators will measure partner negotiation attitudes and risky sexual behavior through youth self-reports. This study is unique in (1) using observed parent-teen interactions to assess communication about sex-and AIDS-related topics, (2) examining these relationships with youth in psychiatric treatment, and (3) testing an empirically and theoretically driven model linking parent-teen communication, partner negotiation attitudes, and risky sexual behavior. Results will enhance understanding of the connection between parent communication and safer sex behavior among adolescents with psychiatric problems and will contribute to the development of family-focused interventions to reduce HIV risk behavior among youth in psychiatric care, who are particularly likely to engage in high-risk sexual behavior.