Voisin Dexter R, Hotton Anna L, Neilands Torsten B
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA,
J Youth Adolesc. 2014 Sep;43(9):1513-26. doi: 10.1007/s10964-013-0068-5. Epub 2013 Dec 11.
Exposure to community violence and HIV sexual risks are two major public health concerns among youth. This study tests various pathways linking exposure to community violence and sexual behaviors among African American adolescents. Using a sample of 563 (61% females) African American youth attending high school we examined whether problematic psychological symptoms, low school engagement, and/or negative perceptions of peer norms about safer sex functioned as pathways linking exposure to community violence and sexual behaviors. Major findings indicated that, for boys, the relationship between exposure to community violence and sexual début and sexual risk behaviors were linked by aggression. In addition, the relationship between exposure to community violence and sexual risk behaviors were linked by negative perceptions of peer attitudes about safer sex. For girls, the relationship between exposure to community violence and sexual début was linked by aggression and negative perceptions of peer attitudes about safer sex. These findings provide support for pathways linking exposure to community violence to sexual behaviors.
遭受社区暴力和感染艾滋病毒的性风险是青少年面临的两大公共卫生问题。本研究测试了非裔美国青少年中，遭受社区暴力与性行为之间的各种关联途径。我们以563名（61%为女性）就读高中的非裔美国青年为样本，研究了有问题的心理症状、低学校参与度和/或对同伴关于安全性行为规范的负面认知，是否作为连接遭受社区暴力与性行为的途径发挥作用。主要研究结果表明，对于男孩来说，遭受社区暴力与首次性行为和性风险行为之间的关系是由攻击性联系起来的。此外，遭受社区暴力与性风险行为之间的关系是由对同伴关于安全性行为态度的负面认知联系起来的。对于女孩来说，遭受社区暴力与首次性行为之间的关系是由攻击性和对同伴关于安全性行为态度的负面认知联系起来的。这些研究结果为连接遭受社区暴力与性行为的途径提供了支持。
