Longitudinal Associations Between Sexual Communication With Friends and Sexual Behaviors Through Perceived Sexual Peer Norms
| Autor: | Nogueira Avelar e Silva, R., Raat, H., Reitz, E., Plat, M., Dekovic, M., Van De Bongardt, Daphne, Development and Treatment of Psychosocial Problems, Leerstoel Dekovic |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Public Health, Clinical Child and Family Studies, Development and Treatment of Psychosocial Problems, Leerstoel Dekovic |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Sociology and Political Science Adolescent Sexual Behavior education MEDLINE Friends Peer Group Developmental psychology Gender Studies History and Philosophy of Science Adaptation Psychological Sexual communication Humans Longitudinal Studies skin and connective tissue diseases Association (psychology) Adaptation (computer science) General Psychology Netherlands Social perception 05 social sciences Peer group Sexual behavior Social Perception 050903 gender studies Adolescent Behavior Female sense organs 0509 other social sciences Psychology Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Sex Research, 57(9), 1156. Routledge Journal of Sex Research, 57(9), 1156-1165. Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| ISSN: | 1559-8519 0022-4499 |
| Popis: | The role of peers in adolescents’ sexual behaviors is not yet fully understood. We investigated the association between sexual communication with friends (at T1) and subsequent changes in adolescents’ experience with sexual behaviors (between T1–T3), and examined whether this association was explained by adolescents’ perceptions of three sexual peer norms (at T2): (1) peers’ sexual behaviors (descriptive norms), (2) peers’ approval of sexual behaviors (injunctive norms), and (3) peer pressure to have sex. The data source was Project STARS, a longitudinal study on adolescent sexual development in the Netherlands, collected via online self-report questionnaires from 1,116 adolescents (11.5–17.9 years). Adolescents who communicated more frequently with their friends about sexuality-related topics at T1 reported significantly larger increases in their experience with different sexual behaviors between T1–T3. More sexual communication with friends also predicted adolescents subsequently perceiving more 1) peer sexual behaviors, 2) peer approval of sex, and 3) peer pressure to have sex. These stronger perceptions, in turn, predicted larger increases in their sexual behaviors between T1–T3. After adjusting for the three norms simultaneously, the main association between sexual communication with friends and sexual behavior change weakened but remained significant. Inspection of specific indirect effects showed this link was explained by injunctive norms only. No gender differences were found. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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