OBJECTIVES: To examine how the relationship between parental-related youth assets and youth sexual activity differed by race/ethnicity. METHODS: A random sample of 976 youth and their parents living in a Midwestern city participated in the study. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted for 3 major ethnic groups controlling for the other demographics. RESULTS: Parental monitoring had the strongest association with sexual abstinence for all 3 ethnic/racial groups. Family communication and relationship with mother were also important for white and black youth respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Parental youth assets, especially parental monitoring, can be important in the decision to delay sexual intercourse.
OBJECTIVES: To examine how the relationship between parental-related youth assets and youth sexual activity differed by race/ethnicity. METHODS: A random sample of 976 youth and their parents living in a Midwestern city participated in the study. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted for 3 major ethnic groups controlling for the other demographics. RESULTS: Parental monitoring had the strongest association with sexual abstinence for all 3 ethnic/racial groups. Family communication and relationship with mother were also important for white and black youth respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Parental youth assets, especially parental monitoring, can be important in the decision to delay sexual intercourse.
Authors: Joan Marie Kraft; Maura K Whiteman; Marion W Carter; M Christine Snead; Ralph J DiClemente; Collen Crittenden Murray; Kendra Hatfield-Timajchy; Melissa Kottke Journal: Sex Transm Dis Date: 2015-04 Impact factor: 2.830
Authors: Kerri E McPherson; Susan Kerr; Antony Morgan; Elizabeth McGee; Francine M Cheater; Jennifer McLean; James Egan Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2013-10-19 Impact factor: 3.295