Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
J Adolesc. 2012 Aug;35(4):959-68. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.01.004. Epub 2012 Feb 20.
African American (AA) adolescent girls are at heightened risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and thus knowledge of factors related to risky sexual behavior in this population is crucial. Using Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1977), this paper examines pathways from female caregivers' risky sexual behavior and substance use to adolescent girls' risky sexual behavior and substance use in a sample of 214 low-income, urban AA female caregivers and daughters recruited from outpatient mental health clinics in Chicago. Structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that sexual risk reported by female caregivers was associated with adolescent sexual risk, and illicit drug use reported by female caregivers was related to adolescent-reported substance use, which was in turn associated with adolescent-reported sexual risk behavior. These findings suggest that female caregivers' sexual behavior and substance use both relate to girls' sexual risk. Thus, results emphasize the role of female caregivers in transmitting risk.
非裔美国(AA)少女面临着更高的 HIV 和性传播感染(STI)风险,因此了解该人群中与风险性行为相关的因素至关重要。本研究采用社会学习理论(Bandura,1977),通过对 214 名来自芝加哥门诊心理健康诊所的低收入城市 AA 女性照顾者及其女儿进行调查,探讨了女性照顾者的风险性行为和物质使用与青少年女孩风险性行为和物质使用之间的关系。结构方程模型(SEM)显示,女性照顾者报告的性行为风险与青少年的性风险有关,女性照顾者报告的非法药物使用与青少年报告的物质使用有关,而青少年报告的物质使用又与青少年报告的性风险行为有关。这些发现表明,女性照顾者的性行为和物质使用都与女孩的性风险有关。因此,研究结果强调了女性照顾者在传播风险方面的作用。