Sex-Specific Pathways to Early Puberty, Sexual Debut, and Sexual Risk Taking: Tests of an Integrated Evolutionary-Developmental Model

Autor/inn/en	James, Jenee; Ellis, Bruce J.; Schlomer, Gabriel L.; Garber, Judy
Titel	Sex-Specific Pathways to Early Puberty, Sexual Debut, and Sexual Risk Taking: Tests of an Integrated Evolutionary-Developmental Model
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 48 (2012) 3, S.687-702 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0026427
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Females; Puberty; Fatherless Family; Family Relationship; Gender Differences; Adolescent Development; At Risk Persons; Evolution; Stress Variables; Social Attitudes; Maturity (Individuals); Parent Influence; Fathers; Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; Mothers; Mental Health; Family Environment; Parent Child Relationship; Conflict; Negative Attitudes; Emotional Response; Family Environment Scale; Beck Depression Inventory; Brief Symptom Inventory; Childrens Report of Parental Behavior Inventory; Self Perception Profile for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Pubertät; Geschlechterkonflikt; Risikogruppe; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Reifung; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Mother; Mutter; Psychohygiene; Familienmilieu; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Konflikt; Negative Fixierung; Emotionales Verhalten
Abstract	The current study tested sex-specific pathways to early puberty, sexual debut, and sexual risk taking, as specified by an integrated evolutionary-developmental model of adolescent sexual development and behavior. In a prospective study of 238 adolescents (n = 129 girls and n = 109 boys) followed from approximately 12-18 years of age, we tested for longitudinal relations between ecological stressors, family relationships, pubertal maturation, self-perceived mate value, and sexual risk taking in both boys and girls. Consistent with the theory, (a) higher levels of familial and ecological stress predicted earlier sexual debut and greater sexual risk taking; (b) pubertal maturation partially mediated these relations among girls but not among boys; (c) father absence had unique effects on female sexual outcomes but not on male sexual outcomes; (d) higher self-perceived mate value directly predicted earlier sexual debut and, through it, greater sexual risk taking; and (e) relations between pubertal maturation and early sexual debut were partially mediated by higher self-perceived mate value in boys but not in girls. Discussion focuses on the contribution of an integrated evolutionary-developmental theory to the adolescent sexual health literature. (Contains 3 tables, 2 footnotes and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10