Quality of parent communication about sex and its relationship to risky sexual behavior among youth in psychiatric care: a pilot study

Research shows that family communication about sexuality can protect against teens’ risky sexual behavior. However, few studies assess talk with extended family about sex or how this communication relates to teens’ sexual behavior. The current study includes cross-sectional survey data from 952 adolescents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess associations between teens’ sexual risk behaviors and communication with extended family about protection methods, risks of sex and relational approaches to sex, defined as talk about sex within a close relationship. For sexually active teens, talk about protection methods was associated with fewer sexual partners and talk about risks of sex was associated with more sexual partners regardless of teen gender and the generation of extended family with whom teens talk. Results suggest that extended-family talk about sex may influence teens’ sexual behavior independent of effects of teen–parent communication. However, the direction of the effect depends on the content of the conversations. These findings suggest the need to explore whether and how extended family could be included in health prevention and intervention programs, because programs which include family largely focus on parents.

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Risky sexual behavior: the indirect effects between parent–child relationship quality and quality of life in emerging adults

Quality of Life Research ◽

10.1007/s11136-018-1919-z ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (10) ◽

pp. 2639-2645 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Erica Szkody ◽

Mary Moussa Rogers ◽

Cliff McKinney

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sexual Behavior ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Emerging Adults ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Indirect Effects ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Parent Child

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Holding the Line with a Watchful Eye: The Impact of Perceived Parental Permissiveness and Parental Monitoring on Risky Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents in Psychiatric Care

AIDS Education and Prevention ◽

10.1521/aeap.14.2.138.23899 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 138-157 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

Geri R. Donenberg ◽

Helen W. Wilson ◽

Erin Emerson ◽

Fred B. Bryant

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Parental Monitoring ◽

Psychiatric Care ◽

The Impact

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Impact of fathers on risky sexual behavior in daughters: A genetically and environmentally controlled sibling study

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s095457941100085x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 317-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 66

Author(s):

Bruce J. Ellis ◽

Gabriel L. Schlomer ◽

Elizabeth H. Tilley ◽

Emily A. Butler

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Protective Factor ◽

Causal Explanation ◽

Father Absence ◽

Paternal Investment ◽

Family Disruption ◽

Investment Theory ◽

Quasi Experimental

AbstractGirls receiving lower quality paternal investment tend to engage in more risky sexual behavior (RSB) than peers. Whereas paternal investment theory posits that this effect is causal, it could arise from environmental or genetic confounds. To distinguish between these competing explanations, the current authors employed a genetically and environmentally controlled sibling design (N = 101 sister pairs; ages 18–36), which retrospectively examined the effects of differential sibling exposure to family disruption/father absence and quality of fathering. Consistent with a causal explanation, differences between older and younger sisters in the effects of quality of fathering on RSB were greatest in biologically disrupted families when there was a large age gap between the sisters (thus maximizing differential exposure to fathers), with greater exposure within families to higher quality fathering serving as a protective factor against RSB. Further, variation around the lower end of fathering quality appeared to have the most influence on RSB. In contrast, differential sibling exposure to family disruption/father absence (irrespective of quality of fathering) was not associated with RSB. The differential sibling-exposure design affords a new quasi-experimental method for evaluating the causal effects of fathers within families.

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Sexual behavior of street children

Medicinski pregled ◽

10.2298/mpns1508245s ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 68 (7-8) ◽

pp. 245-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Aleksandra Stojadinovic ◽

Daliborka Batrnek-Antonic ◽

Marija Perinovic ◽

Nevenka Roncevic

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Sexual Intercourse ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Street Children ◽

Children And Youth ◽

Sexually Active ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

First Sexual Intercourse ◽

New Research

Introduction. Street children and youth are at risk of getting engaged in different behaviors including risky sexual behavior, which adversely affects their development and health. The aim of this study was to examine sexual behavior of street children and youth, and the risks and consequences associated with sexual behavior. Material and Methods. A pilot study was conducted on a sample of 50 users of the Drop-in Centre for Street Children in Novi Sad, from 10 to 19 years of age. The study was conducted by a psychologist through structured interviews, with prior consent of the adolescent and parent. Results. Among the respondents who were sexually active, 41.2% had had the first sexual intercourse by the age of 12, their median age at that time being 14 years, while the age at the time of the first sexual intercourse is 16 years in the general population of Serbia. The majority of sexually active adolescents had several partners, one male adolescent had sex with a person of the same sex, and one was paid for sex. Very few respondents used a condom. Among 15 male sexually active respondents, three (ages 11, 12 and 14) were forced to have unwanted sexual intercourse, and a quarter of adolescents (three boys and one girl) were forced to do something unwanted during sex. Conclusion. Despite a small and unrepresentative sample, the results of this study indicate serious problems and significant risks associated with sexual behavior of children and young people who live and work in streets. This pilot study suggests that it is necessary to conduct new research on sexual behavior of street children and youth on a representative sample and with appropriate methodology. The results of a new study should be used to plan and carry out appropriate preventive measures regarding sexual behavior of street children.

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HIV, Risky Behavior and Ethno-linguistic Heterogeneity

Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik ◽

10.1515/jbnst-2012-0605 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 232 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Miron Tequame

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Economic Performance ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Hiv Positive ◽

Hiv Status ◽

Discordant Couple ◽

Quality Of Institutions ◽

The Cost

SummaryEthno-linguistic heterogeneity is associated with indicators of development like civil society, trust, quality of institutions, economic performance and participation. Recently, it has been found to be favorable for optimizing agents who want to engage in risky sexual behavior as they can select partners outside their own network and that of their spouse. This paper augments the literature by arguing that the effect of ethno-linguistic heterogeneity on risky sexual behavior is gender related. In contexts where women have more economic benefits (or losses) from sexual partners, they better internalize the cost of detection. This study shows that, with respect to men, ethno-linguistic heterogeneity significantly affects women’s HIV status and their risky sexual behavior. Accordingly, it also affects positively the probability of being in a discordant couple where the wife is HIV positive.

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Relationships between Parent-Adolescent Communication, Acculturation, and Sexual Knowledge on Latino Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Studies in Nursing ◽

10.20849/ijsn.v2i1.146 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 31

Author(s):

Vanessa Pirani Gaioso ◽

Lynda Law Wilson ◽

Antonia Maria Villarruel ◽

Gwendolyn Denice Childs

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Sexual Behavior ◽

Risky Sexual Behavior ◽

Sexual Communication ◽

The United States ◽

Latino Adolescents ◽

Adolescent Sexual Behavior ◽

Cultural Variables ◽

Larger Sample

Latino adolescents in the United States are more likely to engage in early and risky sexual behavior compared to adolescents from other racial and ethnic groups. The quantity and quality of parent-adolescent sexual communication has been suggested as the best predictor on adolescent sexual behavior. Method: A systematic literature review of studies was conducted with relationships between selected parental, adolescent and cultural variables and Latino adolescents’ intentions to engage in sexual behavior, derived from the Parent-Based Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior (PETPB). Results: From 20 studies reviewed, only 12 reported findings specifically to Latinos living in the United States. There was consistency across these studies supporting the relationships between adolescents’ attitudes, subjective norms, and self-efficacy toward risky sexual behavior and adolescents’ intentions to have sexual intercourse and to use condoms. However, few studies examined any predictors of parent-adolescent sexual communication guided by the PETPB that included psychological factors and antecedent factors. Conclusion: Future studies should be longitudinal and should include a larger sample of Latino with more variation in levels of acculturation in order to generalize the findings to the diverse Latino immigrant population living in the United States.

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