The Role of Parents and Peers in Understanding Female Adolescent Sexuality--Testing Perceived Peer Norms as Mediators between Some Parental Variables and Sexuality

Autor/inn/en	Rajhvajn Bulat, Linda; Ajdukovic, Marina; Ajdukovic, Dea
Titel	The Role of Parents and Peers in Understanding Female Adolescent Sexuality--Testing Perceived Peer Norms as Mediators between Some Parental Variables and Sexuality
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 16 (2016) 5, S.455-470 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2015.1110691
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Females; Adolescents; Peer Influence; Social Attitudes; Parent Influence; Socialization; Predictor Variables; High School Students; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Parent Child Relationship; Peer Relationship; Self Concept Measures; Statistical Analysis; Croatia; Self Description Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Prädiktor; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Fragebogen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Statistische Analyse; Kroatien
Abstract	Previous research has confirmed peers and parents as significant agents of socialisation with respect to young people's sexuality. The aim of this cross-sectional cohort study was to examine how parental and peer variables predict young women's sexual behaviour and sexuality-related thoughts and emotions, and whether perceived peer influences mediate the relationship between parental variables and young person sexuality. A total of 560 female high school students of 1st (mean age 15.56 years) and 3rd grade (mean age 17.55 years), selected by means of two-stage stratified probability sampling participated in the research. Results confirmed that peer variables explained considerably more variance in participant sexuality than parental variables. Indirect parental communication about sexuality was a significant positive predictor of sexual behaviour and sexuality-related thoughts and emotions in both subsamples. The strength of direct and indirect influences of parents and peers on young people's sexuality is determined by the age of the young person and specific aspects of adolescent sexuality. Perceived percentage of sexually active peers was the only mediator in older participants, while in the younger subsample, additional peer variables mediated the association between some parental and sexuality variables. In the discussion, special attention is given to implications of these results for planning future forms of comprehensive sexual education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01