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Title: The Under-Controlled Do It First: Childhood Personality and Sexual Debut
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Atkins, Robert L. Hart, Daniel |
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The Under-Controlled Do It First: Childhood Personality and Sexual Debut Research in Nursing and Health 31,6 (December 2008): 626-639. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nur.20288/pdf Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Age at First Intercourse; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Children, Well-Being; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Religious Influences; Temperament Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The relationship of childhood personality type to the timing of first sexual intercourse was investigated through survival analysis. Participants from the Child Sample of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were categorized into one of the three personality types at 5 or 6 years of age: under-controlled, resilient, and over-controlled. Those categorized as under-controlled at 5 or 6 years of age were more likely than those resilient or over-controlled to have sexual intercourse before the age of 16. The extent to which three early adolescent factors-team/club membership, church attendance, and peer influence-mediate the association of childhood personality type to the timing of first sexual intercourse was also explored. The association of childhood personality to timing of first sexual intercourse was partially mediated by peer influence at 11 or 12 years of age. The findings are interpreted in light of their implications for researchers and practitioners interested in improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents. (c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Atkins, Robert L. and Daniel Hart. "The Under-Controlled Do It First: Childhood Personality and Sexual Debut." Research in Nursing and Health 31,6 (December 2008): 626-639.
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