Nonresident Fatherhood and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Comparison of Siblings Approach

Autor/in	Ryan, Rebecca M.
Titel	Nonresident Fatherhood and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Comparison of Siblings Approach
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 51 (2015) 2, S.211-223 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0038562
Schlagwörter	Fathers; Family Structure; Adolescents; Sexuality; Siblings; Comparative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Age Differences; Puberty; Attitude Measures; Pregnancy; Marriage; Parent Influence; Gender Differences; Parenting Styles; Statistical Analysis; Interviews; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Sibling; Geschwister; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Pubertät; Schwangerschaft; Ehe; Geschlechterkonflikt; Statistische Analyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Although voluminous research has linked nonresident fatherhood to riskier sexual behavior in adolescence, including earlier sexual debut, neither the causality of that link nor the mechanism accounting for it has been well-established. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979--the Young Adult Survey (CNLSY-YA), the present study addresses both questions by comparing the sexual development of siblings discordant for age at father departure from the home and examining results across behavioral (age at first intercourse), biological (pubertal timing), and cognitive (attitudes about childbearing and marriage) sexual outcomes (N = 5,542). Findings indicate that nonresident fatherhood, beginning either at birth or during middle childhood, leads to an earlier sexual debut for girls, but not for boys, an effect likely explained by weak parental monitoring rather than an accelerated reproductive strategy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01