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Author: Kovar, Cheryl L.
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Kovar, Cheryl L. |
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Mother-Daughter Relationship During Early Adolescence and its Influence on Sexual Initiation Prior to age 16 in the Daughter Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, Graduate Program in Nursing, 2009 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Age at First Intercourse; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers and Daughters; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Background: Delaying early sexual initiation among adolescents remains a major public health priority as approximately 745,000 pregnancies occur to adolescent females each year in the United States, the highest among any developed nation (Ventura, Abma, Mosher & Henshaw, 2008). In addition, the acquisition of a sexually transmitted infection disproportionately affects this population (CDC, 2009). Sexual initiation before age 16 has been linked to negative sexual health sequelae (Abma, Martinez, Mosher & Dawson, 2004; Holcombe, Carrier, Manlove & Ryan, 2008; MacKay, 2007). Child developmental theory identifies early adolescence (10-14 years) as a critical transition period. Girls have been found to have lower levels of self-identity formation, and more amenable to parental influence during this time period (Allison & Schultz, 2001). The mother-daughter dyadic relationship is a powerful force within the family (Dickerson & Crase, 2005) and compared to fathers, mothers are often the parent primarily responsible for care giving, nurturance (Santrock, 2007) and monitoring (DiClemente et al., 2001). Specific variables within the mother-daughter relationship were examined. Three core dimensions (cohesion, flexibility, and communication) from the circumplex model of family systems (Olson, Russell & Sprenkle, 1983; Olson & Gorall, 2006) were used as well as two others (parental monitoring and satisfaction with time spent together) identified from the literature (Borawski, Ievers-Landis, Lovegreen & Trapl, 2003; Crosnoe & Trinitapoli, 2008). Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the association of cohesion, flexibility, communication, monitoring and satisfaction of time spent together (as perceived by the daughter) with sexual initiation by age 16 years. A sample of 1592 adolescent females and their mothers was used for this analysis. Methods: The sample was drawn from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Child and Young Adult surveys (NLSY79). The dependent measure was the females' self reported age at sexual initiation. Mother-daughter relationship variables examined were: cohesion, flexibility, communication, monitoring and satisfaction of time spent together during early adolescence. Sociodemographic characteristics of: race/ethnicity, family structure, age of mother at her daughter's birth, mother's education, and net family income were also included in the analysis. Results: Girls who reported being satisfied with the amount of time spent together, high levels of cohesion, and good communication with their mother were less likely to report sexual initiation by age 16. Girls who came from homes with higher family incomes, whose mothers had a high school diploma or higher, and who were born to mothers who were not teen mothers themselves were also less likely to report sexual initiation before age 16. In addition, the mother-daughter relationship was also associated with reduced report of sexual initiation by age 16 for those with 3 or more positive dimensions within the relationship. Conclusions: Results support that high levels of cohesion, good communication and being satisfied with the time spent together in the mother-daughter relationship during early adolescence is associated with later sexual initiation in the daughter. This suggests that this relationship may act as a protective factor against sexual initiation prior age 16. |
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Kovar, Cheryl L. Mother-Daughter Relationship During Early Adolescence and its Influence on Sexual Initiation Prior to age 16 in the Daughter. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, Graduate Program in Nursing, 2009. |
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Kovar, Cheryl L. Salsberry, Pamela J. |
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Does a Satisfactory Relationship With Her Mother Influence When a 16-Year-Old Begins to Have Sex? MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 37,2 (March/April 2012): 122-129. Also: http://journals.lww.com/mcnjournal/Abstract/2012/03000/Does_a_Satisfactory_Relationship_With_Her_Mother.11.spx Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Age at First Intercourse; Bias Decomposition; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Mothers and Daughters; Mothers, Behavior; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Influences; Parenting Skills/Styles Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Purpose: To examine aspects of the mother–daughter relationship as perceived by the 16-year-old (cohesion, flexibility, communication, monitoring, and satisfaction with time spent together) as they relate to when the daughter began having sex. Methods: A secondary analysis using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Child (1992–2000) and Young Adult (1996–2004) surveys were analyzed (N = 1,592). Logistic regression models estimated reports of cohesion, flexibility, communication, monitoring, and satisfaction with time spent together with sexual initiation by age 16. All models controlled for the mother's sociodemographic characteristics, lack of independence due to sisters in the sample, and extended time away from mother. Results: Girls who reported being satisfied with the amount of time spent with their mother were less likely to report early sexual initiation. In addition, these girls were three times more likely to report good communication and four times more likely to report high levels of cohesion with their mothers. Individually, in addition to satisfaction with time spent together, high levels of cohesion and good communication were also associated with lower reports of sexual initiation by age 16. Clinical Implications: The feeling of being satisfied with the time spent together appears to be a global measure of the individual dimensions of cohesion and communication. Efforts in delaying sexual initiation in adolescents need to be directed at the mother–daughter relationship. Interventions to develop these dimensions within the relationship during early adolescence, as compared to interventions when sexual activity may have already occurred, are warranted. © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. |
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Bibliography Citation
Kovar, Cheryl L. and Pamela J. Salsberry. "Does a Satisfactory Relationship With Her Mother Influence When a 16-Year-Old Begins to Have Sex?" MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 37,2 (March/April 2012): 122-129.
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