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Predictors of African American Adolescent Sexual Activity: an Ecological Framework

Jelani Mandara

Northwestern Universityj-mandara{at}northwestern.edu

Carolyn B. Murray

University of California, Riversidecarolyn.murray{at}ucr.edu

Audrey K. Bangi

DePaul University

The present study identified predictors of African American adolescent sexual activity. An ecological model of personal, familial, and extrafamilial risk factors was proposed. Forty-eight female and 53 male African American adolescents participated. Hierarchical logistic regression and structural equation modeling found some support for the model. Risk factors were found at each level of the adolescents social ecology and explained over 80% of the variance in sexual activity. Being older, male, having low parental monitoring, using drugs, and having friends that used drugs decreased the probability of being a virgin. Virgins also expected to live 10 years longer than nonvirgins. It was suggested that fathers and community members should take a more active role in adolescents lives to curb the threat of HIV/AIDS and other STDs in the African American community.

Key Words: African American • adolescents • sexual activity • drugs

Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 29, No. 3, 337-356 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0095798403254214
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