Mothers' influence on the timing of first sex among 14- and 15-year-olds

Clea Mcneely; Marcia L. Shew; Trisha Beuhring; Renee Sieving; Brent C. Miller; Robert W.M. Blum

doi:10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00350-6

Mothers' influence on the timing of first sex among 14- and 15-year-olds

Clea Mcneely, Marcia L. Shew, Trisha Beuhring, Renee Sieving, Brent C. Miller, Robert W.M. Blum

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Abstract

Purpose: To better understand maternal influence on the timing of first sex for adolescents. Methods: Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess the association between maternal characteristics and the timing of first sex. Matched dyads of mothers and their adolescent children were used. Results: Of the 2006 adolescents aged 14 and 15 years who reported to be virgins, 95 males (10.8%) and 162 females (15.8%) indicated they had initiated sex within the follow-up period, 1 year later. For males, few variables beyond the controls used in the models were predictive of timing of first sexual intercourse. For females, mother's satisfaction with her relationship with her daughter (hazard ratio = .62), mother's strong disapproval of her daughter having sex (hazard ratio = .56), and frequency of communication with the parents of her daughter's friends were associated with later sexual debut (hazard ratio = .88). Conclusion: Based on the variables in the model, mothers' values and beliefs and relationship satisfaction have more influence on daughters than on sons.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	256-265
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00350-6
State	Published - Sep 2002

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This research was supported in part by grant 448-CCU513331 (National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research Center) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Analyses are based on data from the Add Health project, a program project designed by J. Richard Udry (PI) and Peter Bearman, and funded by Grant P01-HD31921 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with cooperative funding participation by the National Cancer Institute; National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; National Institute of Drug Abuse; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; National Institute of Mental Health; National Institute of Nursing Research; Offices of AIDS Research, Behavior and Social Science Research, the Director, and Research on Women’s Health, of the National Institutes of Health; Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Office of Minority Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Office of Minority Health, Office of Public Health and Science, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services; and National Science Foundation.

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Adolescents
Gender differences
Mother-adolescent relationship
Sexual intercourse

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