Hahm Hyeouk Chris, Lahiff Maureen, Barreto Rose M
School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Mar;38(1):28-36. doi: 10.1363/psrh.38.028.06.
Interventions aimed at adolescents need to be culturally specific. The dearth of data on Asian American adolescents has made it difficult to meet their needs.
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used, with a sample of 323 Asian American female adolescents and 366 Asian American male adolescents. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between acculturation at Wave 1 (1995) and sexual experience at Wave 2 (1996), controlling for demographic, psychosocial and family variables.
Overall, 24% of young women and 20% of young men had had sexual intercourse. Among young women, the most acculturated were more likely to have had sexual intercourse than the least acculturated (odds ratio, 4.9); acculturation was not associated with sexual intercourse for young men. Medium and high levels of parental attachment were associated with decreased odds of sexual experience for young women (0.4 and 0.2), but not for young men. Binge drinking was associated with an increased risk of sexual experience for young women (6.4), and tobacco use was associated with increased risk for young men (3.0).
Like all adolescents, Asian Americans are at high risk for the consequences of sexual activity. For this fast-growing population, there is a crucial need for preventive programs that are culturally sensitive, inclusive of family and gender-specific.
针对青少年的干预措施需要具有文化特异性。关于亚裔美国青少年的数据匮乏，使得满足他们的需求变得困难。
使用了来自青少年健康全国纵向研究的数据，样本包括323名亚裔美国女性青少年和366名亚裔美国男性青少年。采用逻辑回归分析来评估第1波（1995年）文化适应与第2波（1996年）性经历之间的关联，并控制人口统计学、心理社会和家庭变量。
总体而言，24%的年轻女性和20%的年轻男性有过性行为。在年轻女性中，文化适应程度最高的比文化适应程度最低的更有可能有过性行为（优势比为4.9）；文化适应与年轻男性的性行为无关。中等和高水平的父母依恋与年轻女性性经历几率降低相关（分别为0.4和0.2），但与年轻男性无关。酗酒与年轻女性性经历风险增加相关（6.4），吸烟与年轻男性风险增加相关（3.0）。
与所有青少年一样，亚裔美国人面临性活动后果的高风险。对于这个快速增长的群体，迫切需要有文化敏感性、包含家庭且针对性别的预防项目。
