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Mothers, Fathers, Peers, and Mexican‐Origin Adolescents' Sexual Intentions
Author(s) -
Killoren Sarah E.,
Updegraff Kimberly A.,
Christopher F. Scott,
UmañaTaylor Adriana J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00799.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychology , developmental psychology , compensation (psychology) , structural equation modeling , sexual behavior , peer group , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Drawing on a symbolic‐interaction perspective and a compensation model, the processes linking mother‐and father‐adolescent relationship qualities, deviant peer affiliations, and adolescents' sexual intentions were investigated for 246 Mexican‐origin youths born in the United States and in Mexico using multiple‐group structural equation models. Deviant peer affiliations significantly mediated the relations between paternal acceptance and sexual intentions and between disclosure to mothers and sexual intentions for U.S.‐born youths but not for Mexico‐born youths. Findings highlight the importance of examining variability as a function of youth nativity.