Parents, peers, and risky sexual behaviors in rural African American adolescents

Maureen A. Young; Alexander T. Vazsonyi

doi:10.1080/00221325.2010.506373

Parents, peers, and risky sexual behaviors in rural African American adolescents

Maureen A. Young, Alexander T. Vazsonyi

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Abstract

In this study, the authors examined the relationships among parenting factors (closeness, communication, support, and monitoring), peer deviance, and adolescent risky sexual behavior in a sample of rural African American youth (N = 689). Descriptive analyses revealed that risky sexual activity in this sample was common, with a little over half of the sample endorsing participation in one or more risky sexual behaviors. Despite promising associations between parent variables and risky sexual activity, only peer deviance was predictive of risky sexual behavior in the final model. Thus, findings indicate that peer deviance was a salient predictor of risky sexual behaviors in this rural African American sample. Due to the high rates of risky sexual behaviors in the present sample and the serious consequences that may result from such behaviors, future researchers need to focus on their etiology in this understudied population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	84-93
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Genetic Psychology
Volume	172
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2010.506373
State	Published - Jan 2011

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the participants for making this study possible. This study was supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Research Initiative (00-35401-9256), and by a Competitive Research Grant from Auburn University to Maureen A. Young.

Funding

The authors would like to thank the participants for making this study possible. This study was supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Research Initiative (00-35401-9256), and by a Competitive Research Grant from Auburn University to Maureen A. Young.

Funders	Funder number
Auburn University
U.S. Department of Agriculture	00-35401-9256

Keywords

context
minority youth
peer deviance
race/ethnicity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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