Journal article
Adolescent sexual risk and multiple contexts: interpersonal violence, parenting, and poverty
Journal of interpersonal violence, Vol.27(11), pp.2091-2107
07/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113129
PMID: 22258079
Abstract
In this study we estimated the combined effects of violence experiences, parenting processes, and community poverty on sexual onset, alcohol or other drug (AOD) use at last sex, multiple sex partners, and prior pregnancy in a sample of 7th-, 9th-, and 11th-grade adolescents (n = 7,891), and the subsample of sexually experienced adolescents (n = 2,108). Multilevel multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that having experienced any interpersonal violence, and low levels of perceived parental warmth and parental knowledge predicted sexual onset. Adult sexual abuse or peer sexual coercion increased the odds for AOD use at last sex and having multiple sexual partners. When demographic, violence experiences and parenting behaviors were accounted for, poverty was not associated with sexual onset, AOD use at last sex, or multiple sex partners. Results suggest prevention efforts to reduce teen dating violence may be especially important to diminish sexually risky behaviors among adolescents.
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- Title
- Adolescent sexual risk and multiple contexts: interpersonal violence, parenting, and poverty
- Creators
- Kathleen Boyce Rodgers - Washington State University, P.O. Box 644852, Pullman, WA 99164-4852, USA. rodgersk@wsu.eduJenifer K McGuire
- Publication Details
- Journal of interpersonal violence, Vol.27(11), pp.2091-2107
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900547947301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article