@article{ref1,
title="Structuring the Future: Anticipated Life Events, Peer Networks, and Adolescent Sexual Behavior",
journal="Sociological inquiry",
year="2013",
author="Haynie, Dana L. and Soller, Brian",
volume="83",
number="4",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="While prior research has established associations between individual expectations of future events and risk behavior among adolescents, the potential effects of peers' future perceptions on risk-taking have been overlooked. We extend prior research by testing whether peers' anticipation of college completion is associated with adolescent sexual risk-taking. We also examine whether adolescents' perceptions of the negative consequences of pregnancy and idealized romantic relationship scripts mediate the association between peers' anticipation of college completion and sexual risk-taking. Results from multivariate regression models with data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) indicate peers' anticipation of college completion is negatively associated with a composite measure of sexual risk-taking and positively associated with the odds of abstaining from sexual intercourse and only engaging in intercourse with a romantic partner (compared to having intercourse with a non-romantic partner). In addition, perceptions of the negative consequences of pregnancy and sexualized relationship scripts appear to mediate a large portion of the association between peers' anticipation of future success and sexual risk-taking and the likelihood of abstaining (but not engaging in romantic-only intercourse). Results from our study underscore the importance of peers in shaping adolescent sexual behavior.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-0245",
doi="10.1111/soin.12019",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/soin.12019"
}