‘Sex is violence’: African-American parents' perceptions of the link between exposure to community violence and youth sexual behaviours
| Autor: | Lois M. Takahashi, Sean Burr, Dexter R. Voisin, Kathryn R. Berringer, Jessica Kuhnen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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African american
High rate Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Psychological intervention Focus group Community violence Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Perception 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Qualitative research Social status media_common |
| Zdroj: | Child & Family Social Work. 21:464-472 |
| ISSN: | 1356-7500 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cfs.12162 |
| Popis: | In Chicago, African-American youth experience disproportionately high rates of exposure to community violence. Growing evidence documents that such exposures are related to youth sexual behaviours. This qualitative study seeks to illuminate the various ways in which violence and sex are intertwined in the lives of African-American youth. Analysing data from four focus groups (N = 54), major themes indicated that parents linked community violence with: (i) influencing youth sexual interests and opportunities for having sex; (ii) specific notions of youth sexual identities and social status; (iii) increased gang involvement and sexual initiations; and (iv) girls' grudges and their sexual concurrency with boys. These findings suggest that addressing these specific issues is important in parent-centred and community-grounded interventions aimed at reducing risky sexual behaviours among African-American youth. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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