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Parents as moderators of longitudinal associations between sexual peer norms and Dutch adolescents' sexual initiation and intention

van de Bongardt, Daphne, de Graaf, Hanneke, Reitz, Ellen, Deković, Maja·2014·Journal of Adolescent Health
DOI 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.02.017
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Purpose The present study investigated how parents and peers interact in promoting or delaying Dutch adolescents' sexual initiation and intention and focused specifically on parents as moderators of peer influence.Methods Using a longitudinal design, two waves of online questionnaire data were collected among 900 Dutch adolescents (M = 13.8 years at T1), who were sexually inexperienced at baseline. At T1, participants reported on three types of perceived sexual peer norms: friends' sexual behaviors (descriptive norms), friends' sexual attitudes (injunctive norms), and experienced peer pressure to have sex. They also rated two parenting aspects at T1: the general quality of their relationship with parents and the frequency of sexuality-specific communication with their parents. Six months later, the participants reported on their experience with different sexual behaviors ranging from naked touching or caressing to intercourse and their intention to have sex in the next school year.Results Relationship quality with parents was significantly associated with both outcomes, with a higher relationship quality predicting smaller odds of sexual initiation and less intention to have sex. Two significant interaction effects showed that frequent sexual communication with parents significantly reduced the effects of sexually active friends and experienced peer pressure on adolescents' intention to have sex.Conclusions Our findings show that different types of sexual peer norms and both general and sexuality-specific parenting play an important role in the early stages of Dutch adolescents' sexual trajectories. Moreover, parent-adolescent communication about sexuality can function as a buffer for the sex-stimulating effects of sexual peer norms.

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  • Positive parent-adolescent relationships are associated with decreased intention to have sex and later age at first sexual intercourse.

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Authors
van de Bongardt, D., de Graaf, H., Reitz, E., & Deković, M.
Affiliations
Utrecht University (NL)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Adolescent Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-09
Volume
55
Issue
3
Pages
388-393
ISSN
1054-139X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.02.017
OpenAlex
W1967520708
Cited by
61
References
40
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FWCI
10.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
Keywords
sexual initiation, sexual intention, parent-adolescent communication, parent-adolescent relationship quality, peer pressure, descriptive norms, injunctive norms, adolescent sexual behavior, moderating effect, Dutch adolescents
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Netherlands, Parent-Child Relations, Peer Group, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sexual Behavior

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