Ritchwood Tiarney D, Howell Rebecca J, Traylor Amy C, Church Wesley T, Bolland John M
Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, CB#7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA.
Department of Criminal Justice, Charleston Southern University, Charleston, SC 29406, USA.
J Child Fam Stud. 2014 Nov 1;23(8):1366-1377. doi: 10.1007/s10826-013-9794-2.
The current study examined psychosocial predictors of change in intercourse frequency and number of sexual partners among youth within a socio-ecological framework and assessed whether these determinants vary by stage of adolescent development. Longitudinal data were derived from a large, community study of adolescent risky behavior among predominantly high-risk, African American youth. Significant predictors of intercourse frequency for early adolescents included age, gender, self-worth, and familial factors; for older youth, age, gender, self-worth, curfews, and sense of community exerted significant effects. Among early adolescents, age, gender, self-worth, familial factors, and sense of community predicted change in the number of sexual partners in the previous year, while age, gender, self-worth, parental knowledge, curfews, and sense of community were predictive of change in the number of sexual partners in the previous year among older youth. Study implications and future directions are discussed.
本研究在社会生态框架内考察了青少年性交频率和性伴侣数量变化的心理社会预测因素，并评估了这些决定因素是否因青少年发育阶段而异。纵向数据来自一项针对主要为高风险的非裔美国青少年的青少年危险行为的大型社区研究。对早期青少年来说，性交频率的显著预测因素包括年龄、性别、自我价值和家庭因素；对年龄较大的青少年来说，年龄、性别、自我价值、宵禁和社区意识有显著影响。在早期青少年中，年龄、性别、自我价值、家庭因素和社区意识可预测上一年性伴侣数量的变化，而年龄、性别、自我价值、父母了解情况、宵禁和社区意识则可预测年龄较大青少年上一年性伴侣数量的变化。文中讨论了研究的意义和未来方向。
