Maternal Models of Risk: Links between Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior in African American Female Caregivers and Daughters

Autor/inn/en	Brakefield, Tiffany; Wilson, Helen; Donenberg, Geri
Titel	Maternal Models of Risk: Links between Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior in African American Female Caregivers and Daughters
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 4, S.959-968 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.01.004
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Social Theories; Learning Theories; Caregivers; Clinics; Drug Abuse; Daughters; Structural Equation Models; Substance Abuse; At Risk Persons; Health Behavior; Females; African Americans; Adolescents; Low Income Groups; Urban Areas; Mental Health; Correlation; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Gesellschaftstheorie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Daughter; Tochter; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Risikogruppe; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Weibliches Geschlecht; Afroamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Urban area; Stadtregion; Psychohygiene; Korrelation
Abstract	African American (AA) adolescent girls are at heightened risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and thus knowledge of factors related to risky sexual behavior in this population is crucial. Using Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1977), this paper examines pathways from female caregivers' risky sexual behavior and substance use to adolescent girls' risky sexual behavior and substance use in a sample of 214 low-income, urban AA female caregivers and daughters recruited from outpatient mental health clinics in Chicago. Structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that sexual risk reported by female caregivers was associated with adolescent sexual risk, and illicit drug use reported by female caregivers was related to adolescent-reported substance use, which was in turn associated with adolescent-reported sexual risk behavior. These findings suggest that female caregivers' sexual behavior and substance use both relate to girls' sexual risk. Thus, results emphasize the role of female caregivers in transmitting risk. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10