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Majumdar, Debarun. "Understanding the Dimensions of Parental and Peer Influence on Risky Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA, Aug 16, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p106523_index.html>

Majumdar, D. , 2003-08-16 "Understanding the Dimensions of Parental and Peer Influence on Risky Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p106523_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This study explores risky adolescent sexual behavior and the manner in which parents and peers of adolescents impact such behaviors. This research expands the definition of sexual risk by adapting a multidimensional approach utilizing the following elements of sexual behavior: multiple sexual partners, age at first intercourse, nonusage of condoms, nonromantic relationships, and usage of drugs and alcohol during most recent intercourse. A composite sexual risk index was created using Latent Class Analysis. Parental and peer influences on adolescent sexual behavior were also examined from a multi-variable perspective. The three aspects of parental influence are: monitoring, communication, and conservatism. The four aspects of peer influence are: interaction levels, sexual awareness, delinquency, and intimacy. Several salient findings emerged after analyzing data from National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 1994-1996 (N= 3,820). First, parents and peers influence adolescent sexual activity very differently for teenagers who are on the verge of sexual activity and those who are already sexually active. Second, specific aspects of parental and peer inter actions, e.g., monitoring, delinquency, have unique effects on different levels of adolescents sexual risk, e.g., low, moderate, and high. Finally, peers have greater impact in predicting sexual risk among adolescents than parents. From the policy perspective, this study increases our understanding of the specific elements of social and familial influences that determines risky sexual behavior among adolescents. This would facilitate formulating targeted strategies to curb such behaviors among teenagers and manage undesired outcomes like HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies.

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