School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482, USA.
J Transcult Nurs. 2012 Oct;23(4):377-88. doi: 10.1177/1043659612452669. Epub 2012 Aug 16.
This study built on previous findings and compared the effects of maternal influences on adolescents' sexual initiation among four racial and ethnic groups: Asian American Pacific Islanders, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Caucasians.
An exploratory, comparative secondary analysis of longitudinal data from 433 Asian American Pacific Islanders, 1,367 African Americans, 1,241 Hispanic Americans, and 4,567 Caucasian adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17 years at Wave 1 was conducted using structural equation modeling. Bronfenbrenner's Social Ecological Model guided the modeling and analyses.
Adolescents' sexual initiation was significantly associated with mother-adolescent interactions and adolescents' perceived maternal sexual expectations. Cross-cultural variations are noted and discussed.
Nursing interventions designed to delay adolescents' sexual initiation need to focus on familial and cultural variations associated with mother-adolescent interactions.
本研究在前人的研究基础上，比较了母亲对来自四个种族和族裔群体（亚裔美国人/太平洋岛民、非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人以及白种人）青少年性初潮的影响。
采用结构方程模型，对 433 名亚裔美国人/太平洋岛民、1367 名非裔美国人、1241 名西班牙裔美国人和 4567 名 15-17 岁青少年在第 1 波时的纵向数据进行探索性、对比性二次分析。Bronfenbrenner 的社会生态模型为模型和分析提供了指导。
青少年的性初潮与母亲-青少年的互动以及青少年感知到的母亲的性期望显著相关。注意到并讨论了跨文化差异。
旨在延缓青少年性初潮的护理干预措施需要关注与母亲-青少年互动相关的家庭和文化差异。
