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Author: Watson, S. Michelle
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Moilanen, Kristin L. Leary, Janie M. Watson, S. Michelle Ottley, Jason |
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Predicting Age of Sexual Initiation: Family-Level Antecedents in Three Ethnic Groups Journal of Early Adolescence 38,1 (January 2018): 28-49. Also: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0272431615586462 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Age at First Intercourse; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Ethnic Differences; Family Decision-making/Conflict; Fathers, Presence; Gender Differences; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Racial Differences; Sexual Behavior Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We investigated how family characteristics and experiences during early adolescence predicted timing of sexual initiation. In addition, we investigated adolescent sex and race/ethnicity as potential moderating factors. As part of the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (CNLSY-79), 799 adolescents aged 12 to 15 years provided data at 2-year intervals between 1994 and 2010 (51.7% male; 24.5% Hispanic, 36.5% African American, 38.9% European American); their mothers also provided data in 1986 and 1994. Analyses indicated that early sexual initiation was primarily attributable to male sex, Black race, early maternal childbearing, father absence, and adolescents’ autonomous decision making during early adolescence. Multigroup path models suggested that few effects were moderated by sex or race/ethnicity. We discuss implications of these findings for future research and prevention/intervention efforts. |
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Moilanen, Kristin L., Janie M. Leary, S. Michelle Watson and Jason Ottley. "Predicting Age of Sexual Initiation: Family-Level Antecedents in Three Ethnic Groups." Journal of Early Adolescence 38,1 (January 2018): 28-49.
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Watson, S. Michelle |
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Effects of Parent and Peer Behaviors on Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Are Positive and Negative Peer Behaviors Moderators? M.A. Thesis, Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development, West Virginia University, 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Influences; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Risk-Taking Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Adolescents and young adults account for a significantly high proportion of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection cases in the United States. According to Jessor's Problem Behavior Theory, combined protective factors, such as exposure to positive parenting and peer behaviors, create an environment that is supportive of conventional behaviors and discouraging of problem behaviors. There is an extensive amount of literature on parent and peer influences on adolescent sexual behavior but few studies address the interactive influence of both parent and peer behaviors on adolescent sexual risk-taking. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal supportiveness and strictness on adolescent sexual risk-taking, as well as the moderating influence of peer involvement in positive or negative activities. A sample of 14-16 year old adolescents was drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1997 (NLSY-97; N = 4,008, 50.5% male, 59.4% White, 26.5% Black, and 13.3% other). Higher levels of maternal supportiveness, maternal strictness, and positive peer behaviors were each associated with lower levels of sexual risk-taking two years later. High levels of negative peer behaviors were related to high sexual-risk taking two years later. No interaction terms were significant. Important implications for positive peer relationships were also found. Future research should focus on the comparison of parental warmth and control variables as moderators for the relationship between peer influence and adolescent sexual risk-taking. |
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Watson, S. Michelle. Effects of Parent and Peer Behaviors on Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Are Positive and Negative Peer Behaviors Moderators? M.A. Thesis, Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development, West Virginia University, 2016. |