Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Bothell, WA 98011-8246, USA.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2011 Apr;17(2):217-24. doi: 10.1037/a0023243.
We investigated the relationship between religiosity, mental health problems, and two sexual risk behaviors-condom use and number of partners. Participants were 80 sexually active African American girls in psychiatric care and their caregivers. Results indicated differential relationships, depending on parent versus youth report. Mother's religiosity was positively related to girls' condom use and not to girls' number of partners. Controlling for other predictors in the models, mother's religiosity explained as much as 15% of the variance in girls' condom use. Whereas parent and adolescent reports of girls' depression/anxiety and rule-breaking were positively associated with number of partners, reports of aggression were associated with having fewer partners. Neither parent nor youth reports of girls' mental health problems were associated with condom use. Controlling for other predictors in the models, girls' mental health problems accounted for as much as 31% of the variance in number of partners. Findings underscore the importance of adopting an ecological framework to understand both the risk and promotive factors for sexual risk taking among troubled girls. The roles of specific aspects of psychopathology and religiosity in relation to sexual risk behavior among African American girls in psychiatric care are discussed.
我们研究了宗教信仰、心理健康问题与两种性行为风险因素（ condom use 和 number of partners）之间的关系。参与者为 80 名正在接受精神科治疗的活跃的非裔美国少女及其照顾者。结果表明，根据父母和青少年的报告，存在不同的关系。母亲的宗教信仰与女孩使用 condom 和 number of partners 呈正相关。在模型中控制其他预测因素后，母亲的宗教信仰可以解释女孩 condom use 变化的 15%。而父母和青少年报告的女孩的抑郁/焦虑和违反规则行为与性伴侣数量呈正相关，而报告的攻击行为与性伴侣数量较少有关。父母和青少年报告的女孩的心理健康问题均与 condom use 无关。在模型中控制其他预测因素后，女孩的心理健康问题可以解释性伴侣数量变化的 31%。研究结果强调了采用生态框架来理解问题少女性行为风险的风险和促进因素的重要性。还讨论了特定心理病理学和宗教信仰方面在与精神科护理中的非裔美国少女性行为风险之间的关系。
