A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Teenager and Cultural Variables in Teenagers' Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions

to test a theoretical model based on the Parent-Based Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior examining relation between selected parental, teenager and cultural variables and Latino teenagers' intentions to engage in sexual behavior. a cross-sectional correlational design based on a second...

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Published in:Revista latino-americana de enfermagem 2015-05, Vol.23 (3), p.500-511
Main Authors: Gaioso, Vanessa Pirani, Villarruel, Antonia Maria, Wilson, Lynda Anne, Azuero, Andres, Childs, Gwendolyn Denice, Davies, Susan Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude
Communication
Comunicación
Conducta del Adolescente
Conducta Sexual
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cultura
Cultural Characteristics
Female
Hispanic or Latino
Hispanoamericanos
Humans
Intention
Male
Models, Psychological
NURSING
Parent-Child Relations
Parents - psychology
Relaciones Padres-Hijo
Self Efficacy
Sexual Behavior - psychology
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Summary:to test a theoretical model based on the Parent-Based Expansion of the Theory of Planned Behavior examining relation between selected parental, teenager and cultural variables and Latino teenagers' intentions to engage in sexual behavior. a cross-sectional correlational design based on a secondary data analysis of 130 Latino parent and teenager dyads. regression and path analysis procedures were used to test seven hypotheses and the results demonstrated partial support for the model. Parent familism and knowledge about sex were significantly associated with parents' attitudes toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Parent Latino acculturation was negatively associated with parents' self-efficacy toward sexual communication with their teenagers and positevely associated with parents' subjective norms toward sexual communication with their teenagers. Teenager knowledge about sex was significantly associated with higher levels of teenagers' attitudes and subjective norms about sexual communication with parents. Only the predictor of teenagers' attitudes toward having sex in the next 3 months was significantly associated with teenagers' intentions to have sex in the next 3 months. the results of this study provide important information to guide future research that can inform development of interventions to prevent risky teenager sexual behavior among Latinos.
ISSN:1518-8345
1518-8345
DOI:10.1590/0104-1169.0398.2581