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Title: A Social Contagion Model of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Explaining Race Differences
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Rowe, David C. Rodgers, Joseph Lee |
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A Social Contagion Model of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Explaining Race Differences Social Biology 41,1-2 (Spring-Summer 1994): 1-18 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Society for the Study of Social Biology Keyword(s): Behavior; Methods/Methodology; Modeling; Parental Influences; Racial Differences; Religion; Religious Influences; Self-Esteem; Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Purely psychosocial explanations of the fact that black US adolescents consistently report an earlier age of first intercourse than their white counterparts have been less than successful. Proposed here is an epidemic model that combines social contagion (a psychosocial process) & pubertal maturation (a biological process). This model permits social contacts among adolescents of the same age & also among younger & older adolescents. Applied to data from the 1979-1984 National Longitudinal Studies of Youth (N = 7,410 whites & 3,174 blacks at last interview), the model statistically fits the actual growth curve of sexuality well for whites; its fit is not as good for blacks. From computer simulation analyses, it is concluded that pubertal maturation may be more important in accounting for the racial difference in the onset of sexual intercourse than previously thought. 7 Tables, 48 References. Adapted from the source document |
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Rowe, David C. and Joseph Lee Rodgers. "A Social Contagion Model of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Explaining Race Differences." Social Biology 41,1-2 (Spring-Summer 1994): 1-18.
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