Perceived Peer Norms and Sexual Intentions Among African American Preadolescents

Autor/inn/en	Wallace, Scyatta A.; Miller, Kim S.; Forehand, Rex
Titel	Perceived Peer Norms and Sexual Intentions Among African American Preadolescents
Quelle	In: AIDS Education and Prevention, 20 (2008) 4, S.360-369 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-9546
DOI	10.1521/aeap.2008.20.4.360
Schlagwörter	Prevention; Preadolescents; Sexuality; Social Attitudes; Intention; African Americans; Dating (Social); Surveys; Peer Influence; Correlation; Attitude Measures; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Sexualität; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Afroamerikaner; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The purpose of the research was to examine whether perceived peer dating and sexual experience norms are related to attitudes toward dating and sexual behavior and to precoital and sexual intentions among African American preadolescents. Participants included 1,046 African American youth aged 9-12 years (M = 10.57 years). Youth completed a baseline survey as part of a larger intervention study. Perceived peer norms regarding dating and sexual experience were positively related to youth attitudes toward dating and sexual behavior. Youth who perceived their peers as not engaging in sexual activity were less likely to have precoital or sexual intentions. The relationships were not moderated by gender of the preadolescent. Findings from this study suggest that addressing peer norms around dating and sexual activity among preadolescent African American youth may be important for prevention efforts aimed at encouraging abstinence and the delay of sexual activity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10