Family connectedness and women's sexual risk behaviors: Implications for the prevention/intervention of STD/HIV infection
Family connectedness and women's sexual risk behaviors: Implications for the prevention/intervention of STD/HIV infection
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1545-5300.2000.39406.x
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发表时间：
2000-12-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Stanton, MD
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作者：
Landau, J;Cole, RE;Stanton, MD
本研究探讨了与代际家庭的联系与女性性冒险之间的关系，以指导以家庭为中心的预防和干预的发展。对一项初步研究的横断面访谈数据进行了分析，以确定一些自我报告的风险性行为、与被调查者接触的大家庭成员的范围以及与代际家族史有关的故事的认识之间的相关性。由女性采访者对56名女性进行结构化访谈，她们分别来自两种环境：性病诊所（N = 26）和艺术市中心西班牙裔社区组织（N = 30）。在性病门诊样本中，了解祖父母或曾祖父母的故事是降低性风险的有力预测因素。这种关系持续存在，但仅在社区组织样本的趋势水平上。在总样本和性病子样本中，与被调查者每月至少接触的大家庭成员类别的数量与较少的性风险相关。鉴于家庭系统作为主要社会单位的根本重要性，这些发现为进一步以家庭理论为基础的研究及其在健康预防和干预发展中的潜在应用提供了依据。讨论了对实践和未来研究的启示。
The present study explores the relationship between connectedness with the intergenerational family and women's sexual risk-taking as a guide to the development of family-focused prevention and intervention. Cross-sectional interview data front a pilot study were analyzed for correlations between a number of self-reported, risky sexual practices, the range of extended family members with whom the respondent was in contact, and awareness of stories pertaining to intergenerational family history. Structured interviews were administered by female interviewers to 56 women from two contexts: a STD (sexually transmitted disease) Clinic (N = 26), and art inner-city, Hispanic Community Organization (N = 30). Knowledge of stories about grandparents or great-grandparents was a robust predictor of bower sexual risk-taking in the STD Clin ic sample. Th is relationship persisted, but only at the trend level in the Community Organization sample. In both the total sample and the STD subsample, the number of categories of extended family members with whom a respondent was in at least monthly contact was correlated with less sexual risk-taking. Given the fundamental importance of the family system as the primary social unit, these findings argue for further family theory-based research and for its potential application in the development of health prevention and intervention. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.