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Parenting Processes and Adolescents' Risk-Taking Behavior

Parenting Processes and Adolescents' Risk-Taking Behavior

Bersissa, Adugna

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General Psychology

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ISBN10: 3639262530
ISBN13: 9783639262537
Publisher: Blues Kids Of Amer
Published: Nov 30 2010
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The study of the relationship between adolescents' perception of parenting processes and their sexual risk-taking behavior was conducted on high school students in Nekemte town, Western Ethiopia. Data were collected through a self administered questionnaire from 300 adolescents, consisting of 150 males and 150 females. The study found that 58% of the adolescents were sexually active, with a higher proportion of boys than girls reporting having ever had sex (66.7% versus 49.3%, p=0.002). χ2 test revealed that adolescents' perception of different parenting processes have a significant association with their sexual risk-taking behavior. This clearly indicates that a grater sense of adolescents' perception of parenting variables (extent of family connectedness, level of parental monitoring and communication) play a protective role for both male and female adolescents against sexual risk-taking behavior. Therefore, the findings of the study underline on the importance of improving parenting processes (parental monitoring, parent-adolescent closeness and communication) to reduce adolescents' sexual risk- taking behaviors.

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