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Title: Sexual Risk Taking in Adolescence: The Role of Self-Regulation and Attraction to Risk
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Raffaelli, Marcela Crockett, Lisa J. |
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Sexual Risk Taking in Adolescence: The Role of Self-Regulation and Attraction to Risk Developmental Psychology 39,6 (November 2003): 1036-1046. Also: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/dev/39/6/1036/ Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Parental Influences; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Risk-Taking; Self-Regulation/Self-Control; Sexual Activity; Sexual Behavior Precursors of adolescent sexual risk taking were examined in a multiethnic sample consisting of 443 children (51% girls) of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth participants. Respondents were 12-13 years old in 1994 and 16-17 in 1998. Controlling for demographic and contextual factors, self-regulation--but not risk proneness--was significantly (modestly) associated with overall sexual risk taking 4 years later. Analyses of individual sexual behaviors indicated that self-regulation may affect choices made after becoming sexually active (e.g., number of partners) rather than the initiation of sexual activity. Measures of parent and peer influence had independent effects on sexual risk taking but did not moderate the effects of self-regulation and risk proneness. Findings add to the growing literature on implications of self-regulation for individual development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Raffaelli, Marcela and Lisa J. Crockett. "Sexual Risk Taking in Adolescence: The Role of Self-Regulation and Attraction to Risk." Developmental Psychology 39,6 (November 2003): 1036-1046.
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