Risky Sexual Behaviors in First and Second Generation Hispanic Immigrant Youth |
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| Authors: | Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo Alexander T Vazsonyi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Texas Tech University, MS 41230, Lubbock, TX 79409-1162, USA;(2) Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University, 284 Spidle Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA |
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| Abstract: | Though official data document that Hispanic youth are at a great risk for early sexual intercourse, STDs, and teen pregnancy,
only few etiological studies have been conducted on Hispanic youth; almost no work has examined potential generational differences
in these behaviors, and thus, these behaviors may have been mistakenly attributed to cultural differences. The current study
examined the relationships between maternal parenting (general communication, communication about sex, monitoring, support)
and risky sexual behaviors, and potential moderating effects by immigration status and acculturation in 1st and 2nd generation
Hispanic immigrant adolescents (N = 2,016) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Waves I and II). Maternal communication about sex and
maternal support emerged as key predictors of risky sexual behaviors across generational groups; neither immigration status
nor acculturation moderated the maternal parenting constructs-risky sexual behaviors links. Furthermore, maternal parenting
constructs and their relationships with risky sexual behaviors did not differ by generational groups.
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| Keywords: | Latino immigrant youth Family processes Acculturation Sexual behavior Generational groups |
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