A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors: The Case of Adolescent Sexual Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Guilamo-Ramos; Vincent; Jaccard, James; Dittus, Patricia; Gonzalez, Bernardo; Bouris, Alida
Titel	A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors: The Case of Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Quelle	In: Social Work Research, 32 (2008) 1, S.29-45 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1070-5309
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Early Adolescents; Sexuality; At Risk Persons; Behavior Problems; Intention; Middle School Students; Urban Schools; Questionnaires; Expectation; Peer Influence; Emotional Response; Affective Behavior; Social Influences; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Sexualität; Risikogruppe; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Fragebogen; Expectancy; Erwartung; Emotionales Verhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	A framework for the analysis of adolescent problem behaviors was explicated that draws on five major theories of human behavior. The framework emphasizes intentions to perform behaviors and factors that influence intentions as well as moderate the impact of intentions on behavior. The framework was applied to the analysis of adolescent sexual risk behavior in a population of 668 middle school youths in inner-city New York. Adolescents completed self-administered questionnaires in small group settings, assessing their past sexual activity, intentions to engage in sexual intercourse, expectancies about the advantages and disadvantages of engaging in sexual intercourse, normative pressures to engage in sex, the image implications of engaging in sex, emotional and affective reactions to engaging in sex, and self-efficacy with respect to engaging in sexual intercourse. The framework yielded high levels of predictability of intentions to have sex, with variables from each category proving to be of predictive value. The findings have important implications for social work researchers interested in the prevention of adolescent problem behavior. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10