Adolescent Sexual Onset: An Intergenerational Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Katherine A.; Tyler, Kimberly A.
Titel	Adolescent Sexual Onset: An Intergenerational Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36 (2007) 7, S.939-949 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-006-9165-z
Schlagwörter	Puberty; Adolescents; Sexuality; Longitudinal Studies; Surveys; Prediction; Age; Mothers; Grandparents; Race; Gender Differences; Family Role; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pubertät; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Vorhersage; Alter; Lebensalter; Mother; Mutter; Großeltern; Rasse; Abstammung; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Adolescents have begun to initiate sexual activity at increasingly early ages in the past few decades. Using a sample of 2,494 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97), structural and parental process variables were examined in the prediction of sexual onset. Results indicated that the age at which youth initiate sexual intercourse is related to the structural characteristics of their grandmothers and mothers, as well as puberty, gender, and race. There is support for partial mediation of the effects of these grandmother characteristics via mother characteristics and parental process. Results are discussed within the framework of the life course perspective and provide support for the importance of previous generations in the explanation of adolescent sexual behavior. Implications for families and adolescents are also addressed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10