Youth Assets and Sexual Risk Behavior: Differences between Male and Female Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Mueller, Trisha; Gavin, Lorrie; Oman, Roy; Vesely, Sara; Aspy, Cheryl; Tolma, Eleni; Rodine, Sharon
Titel	Youth Assets and Sexual Risk Behavior: Differences between Male and Female Adolescents
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 37 (2010) 3, S.343-356 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198109344689
Schlagwörter	Role Models; Contraception; Females; Prevention; Pregnancy; Family Relationship; Adolescents; Sexuality; At Risk Persons; Gender Differences; Health Behavior; Interviews; Parent Influence; Parent Child Relationship; Individual Characteristics; Whites; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Family Structure; Educational Attainment; Aspiration; Decision Making; Leisure Time + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikationsfigur; Empfängnisverhütung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Schwangerschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Risikogruppe; Geschlechterkonflikt; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Streben; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Freizeit
Abstract	Youth internal assets and external resources are protective factors that can help youth avoid potentially harmful behaviors. This study investigates how the relationship between youth assets or resources and two sexual risk behaviors (ever had sex and birth control use) varied by gender. Data were collected through in-home interviews from parent-adolescent dyads, including 1,219 females and 1,116 males. Important differences exist between male and female adolescents. Females with the nonparental role models or the family communication resource were more likely to report never having had sexual intercourse than were females without the resources. Among males, the aspirations for the future and responsible choices assets were associated with never having had sexual intercourse. Males and females had two assets or resources in common that were protective of never having had sex: peer role models and use of time (religion). Considering which youth assets and resources are more likely to positively influence sexual behaviors of males and females may be important when planning prevention programs with youth. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10