Cederbaum Julie A, Rodriguez Aubrey J, Sullivan Kathrine, Gray Kandice
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 669 West 34th Street, MRF 222, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Mental Health Care Line, 3601 South 6th Avenue, 4-116B, Tucson, AZ 85723.
J Sch Health. 2017 Aug;87(8):575-583. doi: 10.1111/josh.12532.
Risky sexual behaviors put adolescents at increased risk of adverse outcomes. Parents, school-based adults, and peers play important roles in influencing these sex intentions.
This work explored the influence of parent-child sex communication on adolescent attitudes, perceived norms, and intentions to have sex, including the moderating role of social support from school-based adults, in a sample of 21,731 adolescents in California.
Although increased parent-child sex communication was associated with intentions to have sex, it also exhibited protective effects, increasing abstinence attitudes among youth that led to decreased intention directly and via support from school-based adults.
Although many factors influencing sexual behaviors are largely intrapersonal, these findings indicate the importance of an ecological approach to reducing adolescent sexual risk behaviors through engagement of parents and increased school connectedness.
危险的性行为使青少年面临更多不良后果的风险。父母、学校工作人员和同龄人在影响这些性意图方面发挥着重要作用。
本研究在加利福尼亚州的21731名青少年样本中,探讨了亲子性沟通对青少年性态度、感知规范和性行为意图的影响,包括学校工作人员提供的社会支持的调节作用。
虽然亲子性沟通的增加与性行为意图有关,但它也显示出保护作用,增强了青少年的禁欲态度,从而直接并通过学校工作人员的支持降低了性行为意图。
尽管影响性行为的许多因素主要是个人内部的,但这些发现表明,通过让父母参与并增强学校联系,采取生态方法来降低青少年性风险行为具有重要意义。