Exploring Effects of Multi-Level Factors on Transitions of Risk-Taking Behaviors among Bahamian Middle-to-Late Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Guo, Yan; Yang, Yinmei; Deveaux, Lynette; Dinaj-Koci, Veronica; Schieber, Elizabeth; Herbert, Carly; Lee, JungAe; Wang, Bo
Titel	Exploring Effects of Multi-Level Factors on Transitions of Risk-Taking Behaviors among Bahamian Middle-to-Late Adolescents
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47 (2023) 3, S.210-220 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Guo, Yan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/01650254221148117
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Risk; Behavior; Influences; Change; Time Perspective; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12; Drinking; Sexuality; Males; Peer Relationship; Neighborhoods; Parent Child Relationship; Environmental Influences; Social Influences; Peer Influence; Bahamas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risiko; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Wandel; Zeitbezug; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Trinken; Sexualität; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Peer-Beziehungen; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	Adolescents experiment with risk behaviors, including delinquency, substance use, and sexual activity. Multi-level social factors, such as having high-risk peers, neighborhood risks, and parental monitoring, influence adolescents' behaviors. We modeled transition patterns in Bahamian adolescents' risk behaviors across three high school years and examined the effects of multi-level factors. We collected data from 2,564 Bahamian adolescents in Grade 10 and follow-ups through Grade 12. We used latent transition model to identify adolescents' risk statuses. Further analyses used multinomial logistic regression to explore the effects of multi-level factors on assignment to those latent statuses and transitions. We identified four distinct statuses: "low risk" (47.9% of the sample at baseline), "alcohol use" (36.8%), "alcohol use and sexual activity" (5.5%), and "high risk" (9.8%). Males were more likely to be in higher-risk statuses at baseline and to transition from a lower-risk status in Grade 10 to a higher-risk status in Grade 11. Social risk factors were significantly associated with higher-risk statuses at baseline. Neighborhood risk and peer risk involvement continued to affect transitions from lower to higher risk; parental monitoring did not have a significant effect in later years. Our findings have important implications for developing targeted and developmentally appropriate interventions to prevent and reduce risk behaviors among middle-to-late adolescents. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01