@article{ref1,
title="Parenting Practices and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Longitudinal Study",
journal="Journal of marriage and family",
year="2008",
author="Bersamin, Melina and Todd, Michael and Fisher, Deborah A. and Hill, Douglas L. and Grube, Joel W. and Walker, Samantha",
volume="70",
number="1",
pages="97-112",
abstract="The effects of parental attitudes, practices, and television mediation on adolescent sexual behaviors were investigated in a study of adolescent sexuality and media (N = 887). Confirmatory factor analyses supported an eight-factor parenting model with television mediation factors as constructs distinct from general parenting practices. Logistic regressions indicated that adolescents reporting greater parental disapproval and limits on viewing at Wave 1 were less likely to initiate oral sex between Waves 1 and 2. Adolescents who reported more sexual communication with parents were more likely to initiate oral sex. Results for vaginal intercourse were similar to those for oral sex. Coviewing was a significant negative predictor of initiation of sexual behavior. Parental attitudes and television mediation can delay potentially risky adolescent sexual behaviors.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-2445",
doi="10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00464.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00464.x"
}