Menning Chadwick, Holtzman Mellisa, Kapinus Carolyn
Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2007 Jun;39(2):82-9. doi: 10.1363/3908207.
Existing literature suggests that stepfather relationships may be associated with adolescents' attitudes toward sex. Given the large number of children living with stepfathers, these associations call for the attention of researchers and intervention programs.
Attitudes toward sex among participants in the first wave (1994-1995) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) who were living in households headed by biological mothers and stepfathers were analyzed using linear regression models. Parental involvement and maternal attitudes toward sex were included as predictors.
The greater the involvement between adolescents and their stepfathers, the less positively disposed adolescents are toward having sex; however, the association holds only for males. Females' dispositions toward sex are tied to their religiosity and their mothers' attitudes toward sex. Both males and females who are sexually experienced view sex more positively than do those who have never had sex.
Different factors influence males' and females' motivations to engage in sex, and intervention programs need to be structured with these differences in mind. Programs that work toward cultivating close relationships between stepfathers and stepchildren will likely be most effective for males, while programs that highlight the important role that mothers play in making clear their beliefs about the acceptability of teenagers' sexual activity will likely be most effective for females.
现有文献表明，继父关系可能与青少年对性的态度有关。鉴于有大量儿童与继父生活在一起，这些关联值得研究人员和干预项目予以关注。
利用线性回归模型分析了全国青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health）第一波（1994 - 1995年）中生活在由亲生母亲和继父当家的家庭中的参与者对性的态度。将父母的参与程度和母亲对性的态度作为预测因素。
青少年与继父之间的互动越多，青少年对发生性行为的态度就越不积极；然而，这种关联仅适用于男性。女性对性的态度与其宗教信仰以及母亲对性的态度有关。有过性经历的男性和女性对性的看法都比从未有过性经历的人更为积极。
不同因素影响着男性和女性参与性行为的动机，干预项目的设计需要考虑到这些差异。致力于培养继父与继子女之间亲密关系的项目可能对男性最为有效，而强调母亲在明确表达其对青少年性活动可接受性的信念方面所起重要作用的项目可能对女性最为有效。
