@article{ref1,
title="Pathways from peer victimization to sexual risk-taking behavior among African American adolescents in Chicago's Southside",
journal="Psychology of violence",
year="2019",
author="Hong, Jun Sung and Voisin, Dexter R. and Kim, Jin Won and Allen-Meares, Paula and Espelage, Dorothy L.",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="88-97",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Although empirical studies have documented high rates of peer victimization and sexual risk-taking behaviors among African American adolescents, only a few studies have examined the link between the two. The present study examines the pathways from peer victimization and sexual risk-taking behavior among a sample of 269 African American adolescents residing in the Chicago, Illinois, Southside. <br><br>METHOD: A cross-sectional research design was utilized among adolescents who completed self-report surveys for peer victimization, depression, exposure to negative peer norms, substance use, and sexual risk-taking behavior. Path analysis using structural equation models was conducted to examine linkages among the major study variables. <br><br>RESULTS: Peer victimization was not directly related to sexual risk-taking behavior. However, peer victimization was associated with greater negative peer norms and depression. Negative peer norms were also associated with greater depression, substance use, and sexual risk-taking behavior. In addition, peer victimization was associated with negative peer norms, which in turn were related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Finally, peer victimization was associated with greater negative peer norms, which in turn were related to more substance use, and subsequently higher sexual risk-taking behavior. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Clinicians might utilize interventions aimed at promoting posttraumatic growth and altering violent and risky behaviors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2152-0828",
doi="10.1037/vio0000164",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000164"
}