School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2012 Aug;16(6):1570-83. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0034-8.
Latino youth are at high risk for acquiring HIV during adolescence. The present study documented the nature of adolescent romantic relationships among 702 Latino eighth grade students and their mothers in the Bronx, NY. The study examined adolescent romantic relationships, the association between participation in such relationships and intentions to engage in sexual risk behavior, and maternal influences on adolescent's involvement in intimate behaviors in romantic relationships. Almost 50% of youth had been in a romantic relationship, which typically lasted 3-3.5 months. Mothers tended to approve of intimate behaviors and sexual activity in romantic relationships more so for males than females. Latino youth tended to underestimate maternal disapproval of a range of intimate behaviors, and the correlations between perceived and actual maternal approval were generally low in magnitude. Finally, maternal orientations towards their adolescent engaging in romantic relationships were associated with their child's intentions to have sexual intercourse in the future.
拉丁裔青少年在青春期感染艾滋病毒的风险很高。本研究记录了纽约布朗克斯区 702 名拉丁裔八年级学生及其母亲的青少年浪漫关系的性质。该研究考察了青少年浪漫关系，以及参与这种关系与意图从事性风险行为之间的关联，以及母亲对青少年在浪漫关系中参与亲密行为的影响。近 50%的年轻人有过恋爱关系，通常持续 3-3.5 个月。母亲往往更赞成男性而不是女性在恋爱关系中的亲密行为和性活动。拉丁裔青少年往往低估了母亲对一系列亲密行为的反对，感知到的和实际的母亲的认可之间的相关性通常在数量上较低。最后，母亲对青少年恋爱关系的态度与他们孩子未来发生性行为的意图有关。
