The Role of Parental Monitoring and Affiliation with Deviant Peers in Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Taking: Toward an Interactional Model

Khodabakhsh Ahmadi; Javad Khodadadi Sangdeh; Sajad Aminimanesh; Ali Mollazamani; Mostafa Khanzade

doi:10.5812/ijhrba.8554

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The Role of Parental Monitoring and Affiliation with Deviant Peers in Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Taking: Toward an Interactional Model

Authors:

Khodabakhsh Ahmadi¹,

Javad Khodadadi Sangdeh²,

Sajad Aminimanesh^2,*,

Ali Mollazamani¹,

Mostafa Khanzade³

1Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran

2Department of Counseling, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, IR Iran

3Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IR Iran

International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction:Vol. 2, issue 1; e93552

Published online:Jun 26, 2013

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 13, 2019

Accepted:Mar 11, 2013

How to Cite:Khodabakhsh AhmadiJavad Khodadadi SangdehSajad AminimaneshAli MollazamaniMostafa KhanzadeThe Role of Parental Monitoring and Affiliation with Deviant Peers in Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Taking: Toward an Interactional Model.2(1):e93552.https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.8554.

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Background: Adolescence is considered as an important phase for beginning sexual high risk behaviors that increases the possibility of negative, unpleasant and problematic consequences like unwanted pregnancy and probability of copulative disease transmission.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of sexual risk taking among students in Tehran and to develop and test a model for the relationship between parental monitoring and affiliation with deviant peers as they predict youth risky sexual behaviors.

Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, 1266 adolescents were recruited from high schools in Tehran and three scales of sexual risk behavior, parental monitoring and adolescent affiliation with deviant peers were completed. Data was analyzed using independent sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling.

Results: According to the results, about one-fifth of subjects were at high risk in terms of unsafe sexual relationships. The percent of positive attitude among males was nearly 2 times more than that of females. The investigated model for the mediating role of affiliation with deviant peers in the relationship between parental monitoring and sexual risk taking was confirmed and explained 0.32 of sexual risk taking variance.

Conclusions: The results of this study suggested that parental monitoring and affiliation with deviant peers largely explained sexual risk taking among adolescents. Therefore, prevention efforts aimed at reducing risky sex should compose of these factors. In fact, the results suggested that earlier prevention efforts may be warranted.

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Khodabakhsh Ahmadi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Javad Khodadadi Sangdeh:[PubMed][Scholar]
Sajad Aminimanesh:[PubMed][Scholar]
Ali Mollazamani:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mostafa Khanzade:[PubMed][Scholar]