Norms Governing Urban African American Adolescents' Sexual and Substance-Using Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Dolcini, M. Margaret; Catania, Joseph A.; Harper, Gary W.; Watson, Susan E.; Ellen, Jonathan M.; Towner, Senna L.
Titel	Norms Governing Urban African American Adolescents' Sexual and Substance-Using Behavior
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 36 (2013) 1, S.31-43 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.09.002
Schlagwörter	Health Promotion; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Adolescents; Probability; Group Membership; Behavior Standards; Urban Areas; African Americans; Substance Abuse; Sexuality; Neighborhoods; Friendship; Longitudinal Studies; Drug Use; Contraception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Urban area; Stadtregion; Afroamerikaner; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Sexualität; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Freundschaft; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Empfängnisverhütung
Abstract	Using a probability-based neighborhood sample of urban African American youth and a sample of their close friends (N = 202), we conducted a one-year longitudinal study to examine key questions regarding sexual and drug using norms. The results provide validation of social norms governing sexual behavior, condom use, and substance use among friendship groups. These norms had strong to moderate homogeneity; and both normative strength and homogeneity were relatively stable over a one-year period independent of changes in group membership. The data further suggest that sex and substance using norms may operate as a normative set. Similar to studies of adults, we identified three distinct "norm-based" social strata in our sample. Together, our findings suggest that the norms investigated are valid targets for health promotion efforts, and such efforts may benefit from tailoring programs to the normative sets that make up the different social strata in a given adolescent community. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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