Suleiman Ahna Ballonoff, Deardorff Julianna
School of Public Health, Community Health and Human Development, University of California Berkeley, 50 University Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720-7360, USA,
Arch Sex Behav. 2015 Apr;44(3):765-75. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0394-z. Epub 2014 Dec 11.
Adolescents undergo critical developmental transformations that increase the salience of peer influence. Peer interactions (platonic and romantic) have been found to have both a positive and negative influence on adolescent attitudes and behaviors related to romantic relationships and sexual behavior. This study used qualitative methodology to explore how peers influence romantic and sexual behavior. Forty adolescents participated in individual semi-structured interviews. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed, and analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach. The concept of peer influence on romantic relationships and sexual behavior emerged as a key theme. Youth described that platonic peers (friends) influenced their relationships and sexual behavior including pressuring friends into relationships, establishing relationships as currency for popularity and social status, and creating relationship norm and expectations. Romantic peers also motivated relationship and sexual behavior as youth described engaging in behavior to avoid hurting and successfully pleasing their partners. Future research should explore multiple types of peer influence in order to better inform interventions to improve the quality of adolescents' romantic and sexual relationships.
青少年经历着关键的发育转变，这使得同伴影响的显著性增加。已发现同伴互动（柏拉图式的和浪漫的）对青少年与恋爱关系和性行为相关的态度及行为既有积极影响，也有消极影响。本研究采用定性方法来探究同伴如何影响恋爱和性行为。40名青少年参与了个人半结构化访谈。所有访谈都进行了录音和转录，并采用改良的扎根理论方法进行分析。同伴对恋爱关系和性行为的影响这一概念成为一个关键主题。青少年描述称，柏拉图式的同伴（朋友）影响他们的恋爱关系和性行为，包括迫使朋友恋爱、将建立恋爱关系作为受欢迎程度和社会地位的筹码，以及塑造恋爱规范和期望。浪漫的同伴也激发恋爱和性行为，因为青少年描述会为避免伤害并成功取悦伴侣而采取行动。未来的研究应探索多种类型的同伴影响，以便为改善青少年恋爱和性关系质量的干预措施提供更充分的信息。
