The Role of Religiosity in the Relationship between Parents, Peers, and Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Landor, Antoinette; Simons, Leslie Gordon; Simons, Ronald L.; Brody, Gene H.; Gibbons, Frederick X.
Titel	The Role of Religiosity in the Relationship between Parents, Peers, and Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 3, S.296-309 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-010-9598-2
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Structural Equation Models; Religion; Adolescents; Sexuality; Religious Factors; Peer Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; At Risk Persons; Correlation; African Americans; Parent Influence; Parents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Peer-Beziehungen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Risikogruppe; Korrelation; Afroamerikaner; Eltern
Abstract	Research has documented a negative relationship between religion and risky sexual behavior. Few studies, however, have examined the processes whereby religion exerts this effect. The present study develops and tests a model of various mechanisms whereby parental religiosity reduces the likelihood of adolescents' participation in risky sexual behavior (early sexual debut, multiple sexual partners, and inconsistent condom use). Structural equation modeling, using longitudinal data from a sample of 612 African American adolescents (55% female), provided support for the model. The results indicated that parental religiosity influenced adolescent risky sexual behavior through its impact on authoritative parenting, adolescent religiosity, and adolescent affiliation with less sexually permissive peers. Some mediating mechanisms differed by the gender of the respondent, suggesting a "double-standard" for daughters but not for sons. Findings also indicated the importance of messages about sexual behavior that are transmitted to adolescents by their peers. Theoretical and policy implications of the findings are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10