Adolescent sexual risk-taking behavior in single-parent ethnic minority families

Article Abstract:

Surveys suggest that sexual activity amongst US adolescents has fallen dramatically during the past 20 years. Interest in the psychosocial context of sexual behavior and risk taking has been renewed in the wake of concerns about HIV infection, STDs and unintentional pregnancy in adolescents. Parents have a potential role as models for their adolescents with regard to sexual behaviour. A study looked at the relationship between maternal and adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviors in Black and Hispanic families headed by single mothers. The study supports the assertion that family has an important influence on adolescent sexual socialization, and that single mothers especially are in a good position to shape the sexual behavior of their children.

Sexual behavior, Teenagers, Minorities, Teenage sexual behavior, Single-parent family, Single parent family

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Children whose mothers are HIV infected: Who resides in the home and is there a relationship to child psychosocial adjustment?

Article Abstract:

Family stress and dysfunction can result when a family member is HIV infected. A study looked at who resides in the home when a mother is HIV infected, and the relationship to child psychosocial adjustment. HIV-infected women in the symptomatic-AIDS stage were more likely to have more adults residing in the home than noninfected mothers. The ratio of adults-to-children in the home was related to child adjustment, and this occurred mainly when mothers were in the symptomatic stage of infection.

Women, Children, HIV infections, Observations, HIV infection in women, Psychological research

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Coping with illness: interrelationships across family members and predictors of psychological adjustment

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The coping styles, psychological adjustment and patterns of coping among members of a family with a chronically ill parent are examined. Avoidant coping is found to be associated with poorer psychological adjustment for all family members. Moreover, avoidant coping by one spouse is observed to be related to poorer psychological functioning in the other spouse, and avoidant coping by either parent is found to be related to increased child adjustment problems for girls and boys.

Analysis, Sick, Sick persons, Adjustment (Psychology), Problem families, Dysfunctional families, Avoidance (Psychology)

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