A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions
OBJECTIVE: to test a theoretical model based on the Parent-Based Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior examining relation between selected parental, teenager and cultural variables and Latino teenagers' intentions to engage in sexual behavior.METHOD: a cross-sectional correlational design...
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| author | Vanessa Pirani Gaioso Antonia Maria Villarruel Lynda Anne Wilson Andres Azuero Gwendolyn Denice Childs Susan Lane Davies |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: to test a theoretical model based on the Parent-Based Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior examining relation between selected parental, teenager and cultural variables and Latino teenagers' intentions to engage in sexual behavior.METHOD: a cross-sectional correlational design based on a secondary data analysis of 130 Latino parent and teenager dyads.RESULTS: regression and path analysis procedures were used to test seven hypotheses and the results demonstrated partial support for the model. Parent familism and knowledge about sex were significantly associated with parents' attitudes toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Parent Latino acculturation was negatively associated with parents' self-efficacy toward sexual communication with their teenagers and positevely associated with parents' subjective norms toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Teenager knowledge about sex was significantly associated with higher levels of teenagers' attitudes and subjective norms about sexual communication with parents. Only the predictor of teenagers' attitudes toward having sex in the next 3 months was significantly associated with teenagers' intentions to have sex in the next 3 months.CONCLUSION: the results of this study provide important information to guide future research that can inform development of interventions to prevent risky teenager sexual behavior among Latinos. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-900bc340431548b7b22ad923d8556c782022-12-21T23:54:50ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem1518-83452015-06-0123350051110.1590/0104-1169.0398.2581S0104-11692015000300500A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual IntentionsVanessa Pirani GaiosoAntonia Maria VillarruelLynda Anne WilsonAndres AzueroGwendolyn Denice ChildsSusan Lane DaviesOBJECTIVE: to test a theoretical model based on the Parent-Based Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior examining relation between selected parental, teenager and cultural variables and Latino teenagers' intentions to engage in sexual behavior.METHOD: a cross-sectional correlational design based on a secondary data analysis of 130 Latino parent and teenager dyads.RESULTS: regression and path analysis procedures were used to test seven hypotheses and the results demonstrated partial support for the model. Parent familism and knowledge about sex were significantly associated with parents' attitudes toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Parent Latino acculturation was negatively associated with parents' self-efficacy toward sexual communication with their teenagers and positevely associated with parents' subjective norms toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Teenager knowledge about sex was significantly associated with higher levels of teenagers' attitudes and subjective norms about sexual communication with parents. Only the predictor of teenagers' attitudes toward having sex in the next 3 months was significantly associated with teenagers' intentions to have sex in the next 3 months.CONCLUSION: the results of this study provide important information to guide future research that can inform development of interventions to prevent risky teenager sexual behavior among Latinos.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000300500&lng=en&tlng=enConducta del AdolescenteHispanoamericanosConducta SexualRelaciones Padres-HijoComunicaciónCultura |
| spellingShingle | Vanessa Pirani Gaioso Antonia Maria Villarruel Lynda Anne Wilson Andres Azuero Gwendolyn Denice Childs Susan Lane Davies A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem Conducta del Adolescente Hispanoamericanos Conducta Sexual Relaciones Padres-Hijo Comunicación Cultura |
| title | A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions |
| title_full | A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions |
| title_fullStr | A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions |
| title_short | A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions |
| title_sort | path analysis of latino parental teenager and cultural variables in teenagers sexual attitudes norms self efficacy and sexual intentions |
| topic | Conducta del Adolescente Hispanoamericanos Conducta Sexual Relaciones Padres-Hijo Comunicación Cultura |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000300500&lng=en&tlng=en |
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