Kao Tsui-Sui Annie, Loveland-Cherry Carol, Guthrie Barbara, Caldwell Cleopatra H
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
West J Nurs Res. 2011 Aug;33(5):712-33. doi: 10.1177/0193945910382242. Epub 2010 Oct 12.
The purpose of this secondary analysis of data is to examine relationships among Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) adolescents' level of acculturation, maternal influences, and age of sexual initiation. Selected predictive variables are based on the theoretical frameworks and literature review. The results indicate that for these adolescents speaking English at home was positively associated with maternal sexual discussion, mothers' perceptions of connectedness with their adolescents, adolescents' perceived maternal sexual expectations, and later sexual initiation at Wave 1. Adolescents' years of U.S. residency are positively associated with adolescents' level of perceived connectedness with their mothers and later sexual initiation at Wave 2. Adolescents' level of acculturation influence how they interacted with their mothers, perceived their mothers' sexual expectations, and when they decided to initiate sexual intercourse. Interventions to delay AAPI adolescents' sexual debut should consider factors related to AAPI adolescents' and their mothers' levels of acculturation.
本次数据二次分析的目的是研究亚裔美国人太平洋岛民（AAPI）青少年的文化适应水平、母亲的影响与首次性行为年龄之间的关系。所选的预测变量基于理论框架和文献综述。结果表明，对于这些青少年而言，在家说英语与母亲进行性话题讨论、母亲对与青少年的亲密感认知、青少年感知到的母亲性期望以及在第一波调查中较晚开始性行为呈正相关。青少年在美国居住的年限与青少年对与母亲亲密感的认知水平以及在第二波调查中较晚开始性行为呈正相关。青少年的文化适应水平影响他们与母亲的互动方式、对母亲性期望的感知以及决定开始性行为的时间。延迟AAPI青少年首次性行为的干预措施应考虑与AAPI青少年及其母亲的文化适应水平相关的因素。
