SynthesisPediatrics2015
Parental Monitoring and Its Associations With Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior: A Meta-analysis.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Sexual Health and Relationship Abuse Interventions in Pediatric Primary Care: A Systematic Review.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Socially Disadvantaged Community Structures and Conditions Negatively Influence Risky Sexual Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2022Pooled it
- Parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2020Pooled it
- Juvenile probation officers delivering an intervention for substance use significantly reduces adolescents' risky sexual behaviours.Sexual health · 2024Trial
- Engaging parents in digital sexual and reproductive health education: evidence from the JACK trial.Reproductive health · 2020Trial
- Transactional sex and intersecting vulnerabilities: a multicountry cross-sectional study of pregnant and parenting adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Unprotected Sex and Its Association with Other Risky Behaviours Among European Students: A Multinational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Unpacking Moderators in the Path from Parental Knowledge to Educational Attainment and Job Satisfaction: A 15-Year Longitudinal Study.The Journal of early adolescence · 2025Article
- On the Measurement and Conceptualization of Parental Rules.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Review
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- Exploring Parental Intentions to Use Digital Tools to Enhance Parent-Child Sexual Communication in Europe: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Establishing measurement equivalence of a youth-reported parental monitoring measure across sex, race/ethnicity, and intersectional identity.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025Article
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Girls and the Risk of Unplanned Pregnancies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Theory for How Parental Monitoring Changes Youth Behavior.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- How Can Clinicians Improve Parental Monitoring of Adolescents? A Content Review of Manualized Interventions.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2025Article
- Risky sexual behaviors and associated factors among adolescent in Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- What is Parental Monitoring?Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Review
- Parenting-related positive childhood experiences, adverse childhood experiences, and mental health-Four sub-Saharan African countries.Child abuse & neglect · 2024Article
- Effect of multi-level social risk factors on developmental trajectories of sexual risk behaviors among Bahamian middle-to-late adolescents.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Sexual Behaviors in Iranian Working Children and the Correlated Risk Factors: Result of the Large-Scale Rapid Assessment and Response (RAR) Survey.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2024Article
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Abstract
contextIncreasingly, health care providers are using approaches targeting parents in an effort to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Research is needed to elucidate areas in which providers can target adolescents and parents effectively. Parental monitoring offers one such opportunity, given consistent protective associations with adolescent sexual risk behavior. However, less is known about which components of monitoring are most effective and most suitable for provider-initiated family-based interventions.
objectiveWe performed a meta-analysis to assess the magnitude of association between parental monitoring and adolescent sexual intercourse, condom use, and contraceptive use. DATA SOURCES: We conducted searches of Medline, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycInfo, Cochrane, the Education Resources Information Center, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Proquest, and Google Scholar. STUDY SELECTION: We selected studies published from 1984 to 2014 that were written in English, included adolescents, and examined relationships between parental monitoring and sexual behavior. DATA EXTRACTION: We extracted effect size data to calculate pooled odds ratios (ORs) by using a mixed-effects model.
resultsHigher overall monitoring (pooled OR, 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.69-0.80), monitoring knowledge (pooled OR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.73-0.90), and rule enforcement (pooled OR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.59-0.75) were associated with delayed sexual intercourse. Higher overall monitoring (pooled OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.01-1.24) and monitoring knowledge (pooled OR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.01-1.31) were associated with greater condom use. Finally, higher overall monitoring was associated with increased contraceptive use (pooled OR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.09-1.86), as was monitoring knowledge (pooled OR, 2.27; 95% CI, 1.42-3.63). LIMITATIONS: Effect sizes were not uniform across studies, and most studies were cross-sectional.
conclusionsProvider-initiated family-based interventions focused on parental monitoring represent a novel mechanism for enhancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
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