The Immigrant Paradox in Sexual Risk Behavior among Latino Adolescents: Impact of Immigrant Generation and Gender

Autor/inn/en	Guarini, Tristan E.; Marks, Amy K.; Patton, Flannery; Coll, Cynthia Garcia
Titel	The Immigrant Paradox in Sexual Risk Behavior among Latino Adolescents: Impact of Immigrant Generation and Gender
Quelle	In: Applied Developmental Science, 15 (2011) 4, S.201-209 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-8691
DOI	10.1080/10888691.2011.618100
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Sexuality; Secondary School Students; Immigrants; At Risk Persons; Hispanic Americans; Gender Differences; Generational Differences; Correlation; Health Behavior; Longitudinal Studies; Comparative Analysis; Acculturation; Predictor Variables; Ethnicity; Puberty; Parents; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Age Differences; United States; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Sekundarschüler; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Risikogruppe; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Akkulturation; Prädiktor; Ethnizität; Pubertät; Eltern; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familieneinkommen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; USA
Abstract	This article contributes new evidence on the associations among immigrant generation, gender, and sexual risk behavior among Latino adolescents in the United States. Longitudinal data from 3,272 Latino adolescents (grades 7-12) who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were examined for evidence of the immigrant paradox in sex risk behaviors. Compared to more acculturated counterparts, first generation adolescents demonstrated the lowest levels of sexual risk behavior at each time point across adolescence and early adulthood. Gender significantly predicted change in sexual risk behavior over time with Latina females displaying a significantly greater increase in sexual risk behavior than males. Results indicate that third generation Latino adolescents and Latina females, in particular, may benefit from targeted sexual risk interventions to prevent increases in sex risk behavior during adolescence. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10