Family Functioning and Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse in Latino Adolescents

The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with early onset of sexual intercourse. Within an ecological system's conceptual framework, familial factors associated with early onset of sexual activity were identified in a sample of 425 adolescents from San Juan metro area school...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 2005-12, Vol.40 (160), p.777-791
Hauptverfasser:	Velez-Pastrana, Maria C, Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Rafael A, Borges-Hernandez, Adalisse
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic achievement Adolescent Adolescent Behavior - ethnology Adolescent Behavior - psychology Adolescents Analysis Biological and medical sciences Child Children & youth Coitus - psychology Demographic aspects Developmental psychology Discipline Disease control Early onset Familial factors Families & family life Family Environment Family Influence Family Relations - ethnology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hispanic Americans HIV HIV Infections - ethnology HIV Infections - psychology Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Influence Latin Americans Latino people Male Marital Status Minority teenagers Minority youth Parent Child Relations Parent Child Relationship Parent Participation Parent Role Parent-Child Relations - ethnology Parental Influence Parenting - ethnology Parents Parents & parenting Pregnancy Pregnancy in Adolescence - ethnology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (San Juan) Risk factors Risk-Taking Schools Sexual Abstinence - ethnology Sexual Behavior Sexual intercourse Sexual Permissiveness Sexuality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Social Support Socioeconomic Factors STD Students Students - psychology Supervision Surveys Teenagers Urban Areas Urban Population
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Zusammenfassung:	The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with early onset of sexual intercourse. Within an ecological system's conceptual framework, familial factors associated with early onset of sexual activity were identified in a sample of 425 adolescents from San Juan metro area schools. Measures included questions about sexual activity, sexual permissiveness, and such familial variables as: discipline, parental supervision, and parental support. Significant relationships were observed between early onset of sexual intercourse and parental supervision, discipline, parental support, and parents' marital status. Results suggest the key role of parents and family in prevention of HIV-risk behaviors among adolescents in terms of delaying sexual onset. Overall, the study described youths who postponed sexual activity as having greater support, supervision, and parental involvement.
ISSN:	0001-8449