Exploring unstructured parent–child communication about sex among African-American adolescents with HIV-positive mothers

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyriesa Howard Howell
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Hiv Positive Mothers ◽  
Communication About Sex ◽  
Parent Child

Exploring the Meaning of Sexual Health Through the Voices of Black Adolescents With HIV-Positive Mothers: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-119
Author(s):  
Tyriesa Howard Howell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Black Adolescents ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Health Attitudes ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Hiv Positive Mothers ◽  
Communication About Sex ◽  
Parent Child

BackgroundYouth who have a parent living with HIV represent a population that may experience negative sexual health outcomes particularly if they reside within social and cultural contexts (e.g., families, communities, schools) that contribute community-level risks associated with HIV infection.ObjectiveThis study sought to understand how adolescents with HIV-positive mothers engage in parent–child communication about sex and give meaning to their sexual health attitudes, beliefs, and experiences.MethodsAn interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach was used to collect focus group and individual interview data from fourteen Black adolescents residing in an urban U.S. city that is characterized to have a generalized HIV epidemic. NVivo supported qualitative data analysis, which was guided by a six-step heuristic framework.FindingsThree themes were associated with HIV-affected adolescents' meaning-making around sexual health—Being Ambivalent about Sex, Making Decisions about Sex, and Reflecting on Sexual Health. These themes describe participants' perspectives of informal parent–child communication about sex and offer an interpretation of their sexual health attitudes, beliefs, decision-making, and risk-taking behaviors.ConclusionDespite informally engaging in parent–child communication about sex with their mothers, many participants did not articulate comprehensive sexual health knowledge and furthermore sought opportunities for increased dialogue around decision-making concerning their sexual health.

Parent–Child Relations and Delinquency Among African American and European American Juvenile Offenders: An Expanded Examination of Self-Control Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-46
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Fix ◽  
Janice E. Clifford ◽  
Barry R. Burkhart
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Self Control ◽  
European American ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime indicates that low levels of self-control leads to subsequent delinquency. Multiple studies suggest an indirect effect of parent and family factors on delinquency through self-control. Furthermore, evidence exists that race/ethnicity may affect the mediated relationship between parenting and delinquency. The present study collected information on demographics, parent–child attachment, self-control, and delinquency from 350 confined male adolescents. Models were run to test whether self-control mediated the relationship between total parent–child attachment and facets of parent–child attachment on delinquency. Results indicated self-control mediated the relationship between parent attachment and delinquent behavior. Follow-up models indicated uniquely influential pathways to delinquency depending on aspects of parent-child attachment and the race/ethnicity of the participant. Select aspects of parent–child attachment were more meaningfully predictive of self-control and delinquency among African American youth compared with European American youth. Furthermore, while models run with European American adolescents support previous theories and study outcomes on the link between self-control and delinquency, self-control levels did not predict delinquency within models rung with African American adolescents, identifying a possible limitation of self-control theory. Implications from the present study are discussed alongside future directions for continuing research on culturally informed models of self-control and delinquency.

Pubertal Development and Parent-Child Conflict in Low-Income, Urban, African American Adolescents

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda M. Sagrestano ◽  
Sheila H. McCormick ◽  
Roberta L. Paikoff ◽  
Grayson N. Holmbeck
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Pubertal Development ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Parent Child
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