Sexual risk behavior among youth: modeling the influence of prosocial activities and socioeconomic factors.
J Health Soc Behav
; 39(3): 237-53, 1998 Sep.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9785696
ABSTRACT
PIP: Sexual activity among high school-aged youths has increased steadily since the 1970s, with more than half of high school students in 1990 being sexually active, and only about half of those individuals reporting that they or their sex partners used condoms during their most recent sexual intercourse. Patterns of youth sexual risk behavior and their consequences are, however, partly defined by social class, race, and gender. Based upon sociological theories of financial deprivation and collective socialization, the authors develop and test a model of the relationships among neighborhood poverty; family structure and social class position; parental involvement; prosocial activities; race; and gender as they predict youth sexual risk behavior. Structural equation modeling is used to test the model upon a cross-sectional sample of 209 male and 161 female sexually active high school students from Michigan. The students are 86% Black and of mean age 14.63 years. Family structure was found to indirectly predict sexual risk behavior through neighborhood poverty, parental involvement, and prosocial activities, while family class position indirectly predicts sexual risk behavior through neighborhood poverty and prosocial activities. Implications for theory and health promotion are considered.
Palabras clave
Adolescents; Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Education; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Michigan; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Premarital Sex Behavior--determinants; Research Report; Risk Behavior--determinants; Schools; Secondary Schools; Sex Behavior; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Students; United States; Youth
Buscar en Google
Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Asunción de Riesgos
/
Conducta Sexual
/
Conducta Social
/
Conducta del Adolescente
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
/
Observational_studies
/
Prevalence_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
/
Equity_inequality
Límite:
Adolescent
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Health Soc Behav
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos