Relationship Characteristics and Sexual Practices of African American Adolescent Girls Who Desire Pregnancy

Autor/inn/en	Davies, Susan L.; DiClemente, Ralph J.; Wingood, Gina M.; Person, Sharina D.; Crosby, Richard A.; Harrington, Kathleen F.; Dix, Emily S.
Titel	Relationship Characteristics and Sexual Practices of African American Adolescent Girls Who Desire Pregnancy
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 31 (2004) 4, S.85 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198104266037
Schlagwörter	Intervals; Females; Prevention; Pregnancy; Adolescents; Sexuality; Correlation; Interpersonal Relationship; Intimacy; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; African Americans; Low Income Groups; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Clinics; High School Students; Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Schwangerschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Korrelation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Intimität; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Afroamerikaner; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This study examined associations between African American adolescent girls' desire to become pregnant and their sexual and relationship practices. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were used to detect significant associations between pregnancy desire and the assessed correlates. Of 522 participants (14 to 18 years old), 67 (12.8%) were pregnant and were thus excluded from this analysis. Of the remaining 455 adolescents, 107 (23.6%) expressed some desire to be pregnant at the time of assessment. Adolescents who desired pregnancy were significantly more likely to report having had sex with a casual partner and to use contraception inconsistently. Factors involving an adolescent girl's relationship with her partner (e.g., being in a relationship, length of relationship, time spent with boyfriend, or satisfaction with boyfriend) were not significantly associated with the desire for pregnancy. Effective pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention programs for female adolescents should address their level of pregnancy desire. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10