Rethinking Timing of First Sex and Delinquency

Harden, K. Paige; Mendle, Jane; Hill, Jennifer; Turkheimer, Eric; Emery, Robert E.

doi:10.1007/s10964-007-9228-9

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“…At Waves III and IV, participants were asked whether they had ever had vaginal intercourse and, if so, how old they had been (in years) when they first had sex. As in previous studies using this data set (e.g., Harden, Mendle, Hill, Turkheimer, & Emery, 2008), to minimize telescoping, analyses used the age at first sex from the earliest wave in which the participant reported having had sex. For example, if an adolescent reported having had sex for the first time at age 13 in Wave I and at age 14 in Wave II, the reported age from Wave I was used.…”

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True Love Waits? A Sibling-Comparison Study of Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood

Harden

2012

Psychol Sci

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This study tested whether the timing of first sexual intercourse in adolescence predicts romantic outcomes in adulthood, including union formation, number of romantic partners, and relationship dissatisfaction. Participants were 1,659 same-sex sibling pairs from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, who were followed from adolescence (mean age = 16 years) to young adulthood (mean age = 29 years). The timing of participants' first sexual intercourse was classified as early (at age 14 or earlier), on time (between the ages of 15 and 19), or late (at age 19 or older). Compared with early and on-time age at first sex, late age at first sex was associated with decreased odds of marriage or nonmarital cohabitation and fewer romantic partners in adulthood. Among individuals who had married or cohabited with a partner, late timing of first sex was associated with significantly reduced levels of relationship dissatisfaction, even after controlling for genetic and environmental differences between families (using a sibling-comparison model), demographic outcomes in adulthood, and involvement in dating during adolescence. These results underscore the contribution of a life-span approach to our understanding of romantic relationships.

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True Love Waits? A Sibling-Comparison Study of Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood

Harden

2012

Psychol Sci

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“…In addition, studies have revealed that between 23% and 36% of the variance in television viewing habits are influenced by genetic factors (Kirzinger, Weber, & Johnson, 2012;Plomin, Corley, DeFries, & Fulker, 1990). Without employing a research design capable of controlling for genetic influences, it remains possible that the associations between daily television viewing and subsequent antisocial behavior and aggressive personality traits could be confounded by unmeasured genetic influences resulting in a spurious association (Bouchard, Lykken, McGue, Segal, & Tellegen, 1990;Harden, Mendle, Hill, Turkheimer, & Emery, 2008; J. R. Harris, 1998;W. Johnson, Turkheimer, Gottesman, & Bouchard, 2009;Pinker, 2002).…”

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Revisiting the Association Between Television Viewing in Adolescence and Contact With the Criminal Justice System in Adulthood

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2015

J Interpers Violence

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A substantial number of previous studies have reported significant associations between television viewing habits and a host of detrimental outcomes including increased contact with the criminal justice system. However, it remains unclear whether the results flowing from this literature are generalizable to other samples and whether previously observed associations are confounded due to uncontrolled genetic influences. The current study addresses these limitations using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). The results of the preliminary models, which do not include controls for genetic influences, produced a pattern of results similar to those previously reported in the extant literature. The results of the genetically informed models revealed that the associations between television viewing and antisocial outcomes are not causal, but rather are driven by uncontrolled genetic influences. Further replication is required, but these findings suggest that results drawn from the extant literature may not be trustworthy.

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“…Our research adds to a small but growing list of studies on rape and sexual assault that utilize nationally representative data (Armour & Haynie, 2007;Casey, Beadnell, & Lindhorst, 2008;Harden, Mendle, Hill, Turkheimer, & Emery, 2008) to complement research based on small, non-representative samples of either college students or adolescents convicted of or in treatment for sexual offending. The development of logistic regression models for rare events (King & Zeng, 2001) increases confidence in the robustness of results from studies that examine infrequent outcomes and the diversity of measures available in the Add Health data allowed us to extend research on adolescent rape that has traditionally focused exclusively on social psychological variables.…”

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