OBJECTIVE: To use youth and parent demographic factors, youth assets (strengths), and community constructs to develop age-group-specific profiles for youth who abstain from sexual activity. METHODS: Data were collected using in-person interviews of youth (N = 1253) residing in randomly selected, inner-city neighborhood households. Data were analyzed to create classification trees. RESULTS: Results indicated that assets typically were the most important factors related to abstinence and that the profiles differed for each age group. CONCLUSIONS: When sexual abstinence is considered, the influence of youth and parent demographics, youth assets, and community factors appears to vary across adolescent developmental age periods.
OBJECTIVE: To use youth and parent demographic factors, youth assets (strengths), and community constructs to develop age-group-specific profiles for youth who abstain from sexual activity. METHODS: Data were collected using in-person interviews of youth (N = 1253) residing in randomly selected, inner-city neighborhood households. Data were analyzed to create classification trees. RESULTS: Results indicated that assets typically were the most important factors related to abstinence and that the profiles differed for each age group. CONCLUSIONS: When sexual abstinence is considered, the influence of youth and parent demographics, youth assets, and community factors appears to vary across adolescent developmental age periods.
Authors: Laura Stefani; Giorgio Galanti; Johnny Padulo; Nicola L Bragazzi; Nicola Maffulli Journal: Front Physiol Date: 2016-06-21 Impact factor: 4.566