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Title: Family Instability and Adolescents’ Dating and Sexual Initiation
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Mitchell, Katherine Stamps Dorius, Cassandra J. Hernandez, Daphne C. |
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Family Instability and Adolescents’ Dating and Sexual Initiation Presented: San Francisco CA, Population Association of America Meetings, May 2012 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Dating; Depression (see also CESD); Family Structure; Menarche/First Menstruation; Racial Differences; Self-Esteem; Sexual Activity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study draws on the family instability hypothesis to investigate whether and how long-term family structure experiences predict the onset of romantic relationships in adolescence. Using merged mother and child data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and NLSY79 Child and Young Adults (CNLSY), we explore the association between family instability and adolescents’ dating and sexual initiation. Results indicate that family instability does not appear to be associated with the onset of dating. Family instability is an important predictor of early sexual initiation for both male and female adolescents, however. The effect of family instability on early sex appears to be slightly stronger for male and Black adolescents compared to female and non-Black, non-Hispanic adolescents. We also investigate several possible moderators of the relationship between family instability and sexual initiation, including self-esteem, depression, and menarche (for females). |
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Mitchell, Katherine Stamps, Cassandra J. Dorius and Daphne C. Hernandez. "Family Instability and Adolescents’ Dating and Sexual Initiation." Presented: San Francisco CA, Population Association of America Meetings, May 2012. |