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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
South African adolescents: Pathways to risky sexual behavior
AIDS Education and Prevention, Volume 18, No. 3, Year 2006
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Description
This study tested a developmental model of pathways to risky sexual behavior among South African adolescents. Participants comprised 633 adolescents, 12-17 years old, recruited from households in Durban, South Africa. Data were collected using in-person interviews. Topics included adolescents' sexual behaviors, household poverty levels, vulnerable personality and behavioral attributes, parent-child relations, and deviant peers. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the pathways to risky sexual behavior among the adolescents. The goodness-of-fit index (GFI) was .93. One major pathway indicated that family poverty was associated with difficulty in the parent-child relationship. This was related to vulnerable personality and behavioral attributes and to association with deviant peers, which, in turn, were related to risky sexual behavior. Findings suggest that poverty, parent-child relations, personality and behavioral vulnerabilities, and peer influences should be among factors addressed by prevention and intervention programs to reduce sexual risk behaviors by South African adolescents. © 2006 The Guilford Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brook, David William
United States, New York
New York University
Morojele, Neo K.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Zhang, Chenshu
United States, New York
New York University
Brook, Judith Suzanne
United States, New York
New York University
Statistics
Citations: 118
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1521/aeap.2006.18.3.259
ISSN:
08999546
e-ISSN:
08999546
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Study Locations
South Africa