Risky sexual behaviors in first and second generation hispanic immigrant youth

Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo; Alexander T. Vazsonyi

doi:10.1007/s10964-008-9369-5

Risky sexual behaviors in first and second generation hispanic immigrant youth

Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Alexander T. Vazsonyi

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Abstract

Though official data document that Hispanic youth are at a great risk for early sexual intercourse, STDs, and teen pregnancy, only few etiological studies have been conducted on Hispanic youth; almost no work has examined potential generational differences in these behaviors, and thus, these behaviors may have been mistakenly attributed to cultural differences. The current study examined the relationships between maternal parenting (general communication, communication about sex, monitoring, support) and risky sexual behaviors, and potential moderating effects by immigration status and acculturation in 1st and 2nd generation Hispanic immigrant adolescents (N = 2,016) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Waves I and II). Maternal communication about sex and maternal support emerged as key predictors of risky sexual behaviors across generational groups; neither immigration status nor acculturation moderated the maternal parenting constructs-risky sexual behaviors links. Furthermore, maternal parenting constructs and their relationships with risky sexual behaviors did not differ by generational groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	719-731
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	38
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-008-9369-5
State	Published - May 2009

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research uses data from Add Health, a program project designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris, and funded by a grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 17 other agencies. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Persons interested in obtaining data files from Add Health should contact Add Health, Carolina Population Center, 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 ([email protected]). No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis.

Keywords

Acculturation
Family processes
Generational groups
Latino immigrant youth
Sexual behavior

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Social Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Risky sexual behaviors in first and second generation hispanic immigrant youth

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