Department of Demography, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
J Biosoc Sci. 2011 Mar;43(2):129-53. doi: 10.1017/S0021932010000635. Epub 2010 Dec 7.
Most studies of the association between family structure and risky sexual behaviour among adolescents and young adults have employed a risk perspective which assumes that, compared with other types, two-parent families are protective. Drawing from a positive-oriented approach in this study, it is hypothesized that within each family type some influential factors may mitigate such anticipated deleterious effects of non-intact families and decrease sexual risk-taking. The paper examines specifically the effects of risk and protective factors with an emphasis on family processes associated with resilience, using data from a pooled sample of 1025 females and males aged 12-24 years from Bandjoun (West Cameroon). Findings show that the quality of parent/guardian-youth relationships significantly decreases the odds of risky sexual behaviour by 36%, 65% and 50% in neither-, one- and two-parent families, respectively. For two-parent families only, parental control acts as a significant protective factor; it decreased by 41% the odds of risky sexual behaviour. Programmatically, protective family factors such as parent/guardian-youth interactions need to be promoted to improve the efficiency of reproductive health and HIV interventions in sub-Saharan Africa.
大多数研究家庭结构与青少年和年轻人危险性行为之间的关系，都采用了风险视角，该视角假设与其他类型的家庭相比，双亲家庭具有保护作用。本研究采用了一种积极导向的方法，假设在每种家庭类型中，一些有影响力的因素可能会减轻非完整家庭预期的有害影响，并降低性风险行为。本文特别研究了风险和保护因素的影响，重点是与恢复力相关的家庭过程，使用了来自班久恩（喀麦隆西部）1025 名 12-24 岁女性和男性的综合样本数据。研究结果表明，在非双亲、单亲或双亲家庭中，父母/监护人-青年关系的质量分别使危险性行为的可能性降低了 36%、65%和 50%。仅在双亲家庭中，父母控制才是一个重要的保护因素，它使危险性行为的可能性降低了 41%。在实践中，需要促进保护性家庭因素，如父母/监护人-青年互动，以提高撒哈拉以南非洲生殖健康和艾滋病毒干预措施的效率。
