20020906
"Parents,
Especially Moms, Can Strongly Influence Teen's Choice to Delay Sex, Study
Shows." A source link webliography. -HavenWorks.com
"Teens,
sex, and power of parents: Study finds strong
impact of moms on adolescent sexual activity." ... "When it comes to sex
education, and whether adolescents become sexually active, parental guidance
is most influential when it delivered with warmth, openness, and ongoing
effort." ... "And to the surprise of many parents, such efforts are welcomed.
While it may seem that youths are more attuned to peers, media, and pop
culture, experts and teens alike say parents are needed as role models
and cultivators of values in today's confusing, image-saturated culture."
20020905
-By
Daniel B. Wood -CSMonitor/buy
[PDF]
- Press Release "Closeness
to Mom Can Delay First Sex Among Younger Teens, According to Largest-Ever
Survey of U.S. Adolescents: Mother's Disapproval
of Sex Carries Weight With Teens, But Talk Alone Doesn't Get The Message
Across." ... "When teens perceive that their mothers oppose their having
sex, they are less likely to do so, according to the Add Health results.
But kids don’t always get the message. Even when mothers strongly
disapprove of their kids having sex, 30 percent of girls and nearly 45
percent of boys do not believe they do. At the same time, when teens
report that they are having sex, only 51 percent of their mothers think
they are." -Via "General
Pediatrics and Adolescent Health." -UMN.edu
"The
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health."
-cpc.UNC.edu/projects
"Youth
Risk Behavior Trends." - "Youth
Risk Behavior Surveillance System." - "Adolescent
and School Health Program." - "National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion." -CDC.gov
[PDF]
- "Mother's
Influence on Teen Sex: Connections That Promote
Postponing Sexual Intercourse. Findings from the National Longitudinal
Study of Adolescent Health" ... "Numerous studies conducted over the past
20 years on what protects teens from early initiation of sexual intercourse
report that two constants may make a difference in the lives of teenagers:
connectedness (parental warmth, support and closeness to a teenage child)
and parents’ attitudes and values about teen sex. Parents, especially mothers,
who are clear about their own values, and who communicate them with their
teenagers, appear to be associated with kids postponing their first sexual
intercourse." -By R.W. Blum -UMN.edu
[Link
currently unavailable] "Mother’s Influence on Adolescents’
Sexual Debut." -McNeely, C.A., Shew, M.L., Beuhring,
T., Sieving, R., Miller, B.C., Blum, R.W. Journal
of Adolescent Health. 31 (3), 2002.
[PDF]
- "Maternal
Expectations, Mother-Child Connectedness, and Adolescent Sexual Debut."
... "Results: Adolescents’ perceptions of maternal disapproval and
high levels of mother-child connectedness were directly and independently
associated with delays in first sexual intercourse. Adolescents were most
likely to perceive maternal disapproval if their mothers reported strong
disapproval and if they reported being highly connected to their mothers."
... "Conclusion: Perceived maternal disapproval of sexual intercourse,
along with mother-child relationships characterized by high levels of warmth
and closeness, may be important protective factors related to delay in
adolescents’ first sexual intercourse." -By Renee
E. Sieving, PhD, RNC; Clea S. McNeely, DrPH; Robert Wm. Blum, MD, PhD -ArchPediatrics.com
[Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. 154 (8): 809-16, 2000.]
-AMA-Assn.org
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