TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - African American Adolescent Females' Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety, Familial Strategies, and Sexual Debut
JO  - Research in human development
A1  - Choby, Alexandra A.
A1  - Dolcini, M. Margaret
A1  - Catania, Joseph A.
A1  - Boyer, Cherrie B.
A1  - Harper, Gary W.
SP  - 9
EP  - 28
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - Sexual debut represents a developmental transition that holds possibility for growth and for risk. Family and neighborhood may impact timing of debut. This qualitative study examined family strategies (e.g., moving, parental monitoring), perceptions of neighborhood, and attitudes about sex and sexual debut among sexually experienced and inexperienced African American adolescent females living in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods. Findings show that more familial strategies were reported by sexually inexperienced females, suggesting that strategies may delay sexual debut. Furthermore, experiences with neighborhood violence related to attitudes about sex and sexual debut, suggesting a linkage between death anxiety and sexual debut among female youth.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1542-7609
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2012.654430
ID  - ref1
ER  -