DATING RELATIONSHIPS AND ADOLESCENT FERTILITY BEHAVIORS

约会关系和青少年生育行为

• 批准号: 6182450
• 负责人: PEGGY C GIORDANO
• 金额: $ 42.46万
• 依托单位: BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6182450
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; contraceptives; dyadic interaction; fertility; friendships; gender difference; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; interpersonal relations; interview; peer group; racial /ethnic difference; sex behavior; social perception

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Applicant's Abstract): Adolescent sexual and reproductive behaviors typically occur within a relationship context. Nonetheless, our understanding of early romantic relationships and their impact is extremely limited. Thus our primary objective is to specify the nature and meaning of adolescent heterosexual relationship experiences and to determine how variations in these experiences influence sexual and fertility-related behaviors. Because the empirical literature has emphasized the importance of peer norms and behaviors, we will also assess the relative impact of dating partner and peers on sexual behavior, contraceptive practices as well as involvement in other problem behaviors (e.g., alcohol and drug use) than can contribute independently to sexual risk-taking. A major interest is to specify how the experiences associated with age, gender and race/ethnicity influence the meaning of dating relationships and their connections to sexual outcomes. The investigators propose to conduct in-home interviews with a stratified, random sample of 1,500 adolescents drawn from all seventh, ninth, and eleventh grade youth currently residing in Lucas County, Ohio (the Toledo Adolescent Relationship Study -- TARS). The longitudinal design includes a follow-up one year after the initial interview, and in-depth interviews with a subsample (n=200) of the respondents. A parent or guardian will also complete a short questionnaire at both waves. They plan to conduct analyses using the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) in areas where there is measurement overlap, and to help establish the validity of findings derived from measures unique to TARS. The symbolic interactionist interpretation of exchange offers a useful conceptual framework for this study because of its focus on perceptions of the rewards, costs, and meanings of relationships as socially constructed and variable rather than fixed or self-evident. Thus, we intend to build a portrait of adolescent heterosexual relations by specifying how their rewards, patterns of interaction and vicissitudes compare to those of the more frequently studied same-gender friendships. We will add to this portrait by focusing attention on relational qualities that may be unique to the romantic context (heightened emotionality, concerns over exclusivity) and reflective of the development stage of the actors involved (e.g., feelings of social/ communication awkwardness). We will use this complement of relationship qualities to assess age-graded changes, and to determine how gender and race/ethnicity influence the meaning and salience of these early relations. The longitudinal design of the proposed study will allow us to determine the degree to which specific relationship qualities and partner characteristics (and combinations of these) influence timing of intercourse, contraceptive practices, and sexual risk-taking. Because we also measure peer norms and behaviors, we will be able to determine the contraceptive practices, and sexual risk-taking. Because we also measure peer norms and behaviors, we will be able to determine the degree of partner influence on sexual and fertility-related behaviors net of the well-documented role of peers.

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：青少年性行为和 生殖行为通常发生在关系环境中。 尽管如此，我们对早期恋爱关系及其影响的理解 是极其有限的。因此，我们的首要目标是明确性质和 青少年异性关系经历的意义并确定 这些经历的变化如何影响性和生育相关的 行为。因为实证文献强调了 同伴规范和行为，我们还将评估约会的相对影响 与伴侣和同伴讨论性行为、避孕措施以及 参与其他有问题的行为（例如酗酒和吸毒） 独立地为性冒险做出贡献。主要兴趣是指定 与年龄、性别和种族/民族相关的经历如何影响 约会关系的意义及其与性结果的联系。 调查人员建议对分层的家庭进行访谈， 从所有第七届、第九届和第十一届的 1,500 名青少年中随机抽取样本 目前居住在俄亥俄州卢卡斯县的年级青少年（托莱多青少年 关系研究——TARS）。纵向设计包括后续设计 初次访谈一年后，对子样本进行深入访谈 (n=200) 的受访者。家长或监护人也将完成一份简短的 两波调查问卷。他们计划利用国家数据中心进行分析 有地区青少年健康状况纵向调查（Add Health） 测量重叠，并帮助确定所得结果的有效性 TARS 特有的措施。 交换的象征性互动主义解释提供了有用的 本研究的概念框架，因为它重点关注人们的看法 社会建构的关系的回报、成本和意义 可变的而不是固定的或不言而喻的。因此，我们打算建立一个肖像 通过具体说明青少年异性恋关系的奖励、模式 与更经常研究的人相比，互动和变迁的程度 同性友谊。我们将通过将注意力集中在这幅肖像上来添加 浪漫背景下可能特有的关系品质（增强 情绪化、对排他性的担忧）并反映发展 所涉及的参与者的阶段（例如，社交/沟通的感受 尴尬）。我们将使用这种关系质量的补充来评估 年龄分级变化，并确定性别和种族/民族如何影响 这些早期关系的意义和重要性。纵向设计 拟议的研究将使我们能够确定具体的程度 关系质量和合作伙伴特征（以及这些的组合） 影响性交时间、避孕措​​施和性行为 冒险。因为我们还衡量同伴规范和行为，所以我们将能够 确定避孕措施和性行为风险。因为我们 还可以衡量同伴规范和行为，我们将能够确定程度 伴侣对性和生育相关行为的影响净值 同行的角色有详细记录。