TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Early and risky sexual behavior in a sample of rural adolescents
JO  - Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing
A1  - Rew, Lynn
A1  - Carver, Tracy
A1  - Li, Chia-Chun
SP  - 189
EP  - 204
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
N2  - Introduction: Early and risky sexual behavior has been studied primarily in urban adolescents. Method: The purpose of this analysis was to identify psychosocial variables associated with sexual-risk behaviors in a sample of mostly rural adolescents. Six hypotheses were tested, using a resilience framework and data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 255 adolescents. Results: Sexual-risk status did not differ statistically by gender (p = .654) or socioeconomic status (p = .590). However, adolescents who engaged in sexual-risk behaviors reported significantly lower religiosity (p < .003), lower parental monitoring (p = .002), lower social connectedness (p = .007), and higher levels of peer influence (p < .001) than those engaged in no sexual-risk behaviors. Adolescents engaged in sexual-risk behaviors were also engaged in significantly more other health-risk behaviors such as smoking and drinking (p < .001). Discussion: Findings may be useful for developing interventions that focus on the social influences of peers and parents on rural youth.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-0862
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2011.619861
ID  - ref1
ER  -