ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2013
Sexual partner accumulation from adolescence through early adulthood: the role of family, peer, and school social norms.
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- Parenting Practices and Emerging Adult Sexual Health: The Role of Residential Fathers.The journal of primary prevention · 2019Article
- Adolescents' Social Norms across Family, Peer, and School Settings: Linking Social Norm Profiles to Adolescent Risky Health Behaviors.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Article
- Extended-Family Talk about Sex and Teen Sexual Behavior.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Content and face validity of the Spanish version of the Sexual Self-Concept Inventory for early adolescent girls.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria · 2019Article
- Adolescent Sexual Risk Taking: The Distribution of Youth Behaviors and Perceived Peer Attitudes Across Neighborhood Contexts.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Article
- School Contextual Factors and Race Differences in Adolescent Sexual Behaviors.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2018Article
- Reproductive Health Services: Barriers to Use Among College Students.Journal of community health · 2017Article
- Perceived norms and alcohol use among first-year college student-athletes' different types of friends.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2017Article
- Risky sexual behavior of foreign and native-born women in emerging adulthood: The long reach of mother-daughter relationships in adolescence.Social science research · 2016Article
- Family and Friend Influence on Urban-Dwelling American Indian Adolescent Girl's Sexual Risk Behavior.Qualitative health research · 2016Article
- Young women's sexual involvement in emerging adulthood.Social work in health care · 2016Article
- A neuroscience perspective on sexual risk behavior in adolescence and emerging adulthood.Development and psychopathology · 2016Article
- "Enjoy Your Sexuality, but Do it in Secret": Exploring Undergraduate Women's Reports of Friends' Sexual Communications.Psychology of women quarterly · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeAn early age of sexual initiation and sexual activity with multiple partners are risk factors for an array of detrimental outcomes. Drawing on social norms theory, this study assessed the role of subjective and descriptive social norms from parents, peers, and schoolmates on trajectories of sexual partner accumulation from early adolescence through early adulthood.
methodsData were drawn from the in-home survey sample of Add Health, following 14,797 youth from adolescence through early adulthood. Social norms data were drawn from youth, parent, schoolmate, and school administrator reports. Multi-level growth models assess how parent, peer, and school social norms predicted initial levels and growth in sexual partner accumulation.
resultsParent and peer approval of youth sexual behavior, as well as lower perceived negative repercussions of pregnancy, predicted greater initial levels and greater growth over time in the accumulation of sexual partners. Similarly, youth attending schools with a greater proportion of sexually experienced schoolmates reported higher initial levels of sexual partners. In contrast, greater parental warnings regarding negative consequences of sex predicted heightened sexual partner accumulation. Some moderation by youth gender and age emerged as well.
conclusionsResults highlight the role of both subjective and descriptive social norms, suggesting the importance of understanding and seeking to influence the social beliefs and expectations of youth and their families.
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