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Publication Abstract
Longmore, M.. A., Eng, A. L., Giordano, P. C., and Manning, W. D. 2009. "Parenting and Adolescents’ Sexual Initiation." Journal of Marriage and Family, 71: 969-982
This study draws on social control and social learning theories to examine the role of dating-specific attitudes and practices
as predictors of adolescents' sexual initiation. We include attention to the adolescent's reaction to control attempts as
a further means of assessing family dynamics (i.e., frequency of dating disagreements). The study uses longitudinal data from
697 adolescents who were not sexually active at the first interview as well as separate interviews with parents. In models
that include all parenting variables, parental caring, parents' preferences that the child should delay sex, and the frequency
of dating disagreements were significant predictors of initiation of teen sexual activity.
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