Risky sexual behavior of foreign and native-born women in emerging adulthood: The long reach of mother-daughter relationships in adolescence

Samari, Goleen; Seltzer, Judith A.

doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.06.003

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“…Low-income youth who experience parental instability may have greater support from other adults than higher income youth (Fomby et al, 2010). Adult support may protect against sexual experience through high-quality relationships that may include open communication or love and affection (Coleman-Minahan & Samari, 2018; Samari & Seltzer, 2016), or through adult surveillance (Buhi & Goodson, 2007; Killoren & Deutsch, 2013). Higher parental education was associated with greater adult support in our sample.…”

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Adult and Community Influence on Sexual Experience Among First-, Second-, and Third-Generation Immigrant Youth

2018

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Adult and community support may protect against sexual experience among immigrant youth, but it remains unknown whether this support confers protection equally across immigrant generations. Drawing on data from 852 race/ethnically diverse low-income youth recruited from Boys & Girls Clubs, we used mixed effect logistic regression models to examine associations between adult and community support and sexual experience and tested interactions to examine whether adult or community support influenced sexual experience differently across immigrant generations. As adult support increased, the odds of sexual experience decreased. However, adult support increased the odds of sexual experience for first-generation youth and decreased the odds in the second and third generations. Greater community support reduced the odds of sexual experience across all immigrant generations. Thus, adult support may not confer equal protection across all immigrant generations, suggesting youth of different immigrant generations have different needs.

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Adult and Community Influence on Sexual Experience Among First-, Second-, and Third-Generation Immigrant Youth

2018

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“…Additionally, female-controlled methods are generally more expensive and require interaction with the U.S. healthcare system. First generation women are of lower socioeconomic status and are less likely to have health insurance then are third generation women (Deutsch & Crockett, 2016; Guarini, Marks, Patton, & García Coll, 2015; Samari & Seltzer, 2016). Perhaps first generation women from gender equal childhood homes use male-controlled methods to protect against sexually transmitted infections or because those methods are more affordable.…”

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Parental Gender Expectations by Socioeconomic Status and Nativity: Implications for Contraceptive Use

Samari

Coleman‐Minahan

2017

Sex Roles

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Parental gender expectations, which may be egalitarian or not, may vary by nativity and socioeconomic status. Parental gender expectations provide a model for children's gender role attitudes and could also have effects on reproductive health over the life course, including women's contraceptive choices. Yet, parental gender expectations are not often studied quantitatively. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we examine how parental gender expectations in the United States vary by immigrant generation and socioeconomic status, whether parental gender expectations in adolescence are associated with young women's contraceptive use, and if nativity moderates that relationship. Results show that parental gender expectations vary significantly by immigrant generation and parental socioeconomic status. Both first and second generation women are significantly less likely to have lived in households with equal gender expectations compared to the third generation. Higher socioeconomic status is associated with equal gender expectations. Among participants from households with equal gender expectations, the second generation is more likely than the third generation is to use a male-controlled contraceptive method versus no method. Using a nationally representative sample, our study demonstrates that parental gender expectations vary by nativity and by the socioeconomic context of the family in which they are embedded as well as have a unique effect on the contraceptive behavior of second generation women.

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“…Prior research on parent–child relationship quality and RSB has focused on adolescent populations, and several studies have focused on how mother–daughter relationship quality specifically affects RSB (Samari & Seltzer, 2016). Less research has examined the potential differential pathways for males and females for both father– and mother–child relationship quality (Simons et al, 2016).…”

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Parent–Child Relationship Quality and Internalizing Problems as Predictors of Risky Sexual Behavior

Rogers

McKinney

2019

Journal of Family Issues

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Risky sexual behavior is more prevalent in emerging adult populations and emerging adults engaging in risky sexual behavior also may be experiencing higher levels of internalizing problems. Parents and their relationships with their children maintain relevance in emerging adulthood and may decrease negative outcomes. Thus, the current study examined whether parent–child relationship quality decreased the likelihood of risky sexual behavior via internalizing problems and examined gender dyads between parents and children. Participants included 502 emerging adults (172 males and 330 females) ranging in age from 18 to 25 years. Structural equation modeling analyses were conducted and indicated that internalizing problems mediated the relationship between parent (both paternal and maternal)–child relationship quality and risky sexual behavior for both males and females. Maternal–child relationship quality predicted lower internalizing problems more strongly for males than for females, suggesting moderated mediation. Thus, both mothers’ and fathers’ relationship with their children may affect risky sexual behavior indirectly via internalizing problems.

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Risky sexual behavior of foreign and native-born women in emerging adulthood: The long reach of mother-daughter relationships in adolescence

Cited by 10 publications

References 78 publications

Adult and Community Influence on Sexual Experience Among First-, Second-, and Third-Generation Immigrant Youth

Adult and Community Influence on Sexual Experience Among First-, Second-, and Third-Generation Immigrant Youth

Parental Gender Expectations by Socioeconomic Status and Nativity: Implications for Contraceptive Use

Parent–Child Relationship Quality and Internalizing Problems as Predictors of Risky Sexual Behavior

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