Title page for ETD etd-06062001-211220

Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Howell, Laurie Wells

Author's Email Address

lahowell@vt.edu

URN

etd-06062001-211220

Title

Examining the relationship between adolescent sexual risk-taking and adolescents' perceptions of monitoring, communication, and parenting styles in the home

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Human Development

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Huebner, Angela J.	Committee Chair
McCollum, Eric E.	Committee Member
Rosen, Karen H.	Committee Member

Keywords

Sexual Risk-Taking
Communication
Parenting
Adolescence
Sexuality
Monitoring
Logistic Regression
Parenting Styles

Date of Defense

2001-04-11

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

This study extends the research of Rodgers (1999) on the relationship between parenting processes and adolescent sexual risk-taking. Parenting behaviors considering were parental monitoring, parent-adolescent communication, and parenting styles. Sexual risk-taking was determined by assessing number of lifetime sexual partners as well as use of condoms during last sexual intercourse. A sample (n=286) of 9th-12th grade males and females who reporting having had sexual intercourse were separated into two groups-those engaging in low sexual risk-taking or high sexual risk-taking.
Logistic regression analysis revealed gender differences in the relationship between parents' behaviors and adolescent sexual risk-taking. For females, parenting monitoring of the adolescent's after-school whereabouts was related to a decrease in the odds that a daughter would take sexual risks. For males, parental monitoring of whom the adolescent male goes out with was related to a decrease in the odds of a son taking sexual risks. Several significant interaction effects were also found.

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